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misnomer  Speak Example sentences
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(物思い) deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
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(誤称) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object
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(平民) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
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(万能薬) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
morose  Speak Example sentences
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(比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
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(不機嫌) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
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(パラドックス) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
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(頑固) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion
motley  Speak Example sentences
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(恨み) indignation; deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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(押し付けがましい) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive.
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(平民) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
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(雑多) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety
mundane  Speak Example sentences
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(日常) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
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(予後) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease
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(悪名) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
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(不安定な) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
nostalgia  Speak Example sentences
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(ノスタルジー) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past.
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(推定) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof
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(仮名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
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(報復) something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses
novice  Speak Example sentences
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(比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
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(全能) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force
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(初心者) beginner; person new to a field or activity
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(衒学) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
oblivion  Speak Example sentences
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(暗い) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
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(忘却) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
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(雑多) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety
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(仮名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
panacea  Speak Example sentences
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(万能薬) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
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(暗い) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
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(有無を言わせぬ) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal
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(物思い) deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
pecuniary  Speak Example sentences
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(リカンベント) reclining; lying down completely or in part
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(独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
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(結婚) relating to money; requiring payment of money
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(予後) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease
predatory  Speak Example sentences
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(平民) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
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(比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
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(保存) living by preying on other animals
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(有無を言わせぬ) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal