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Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
microcosm 
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 | (ノスタルジー) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (小宇宙) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| (盗作) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (日常) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
murky
2
| (融通が利かない) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (あまのじゃく) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (公布) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (暗い) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
nautical
3
| (独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (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. |
| (比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying |
| (味覚) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
obsession
4
| (比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying |
| (執着するのは) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (頑固) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| (模倣) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
obsolete
5
| (特権) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
| (盗作) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (重い) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| (時代遅れ) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
obtrude
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| (微罪) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (分岐) act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch |
| (出しゃばる) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (不満) habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance |
pedant
7
| (融通が利かない) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (リカンベント) reclining; lying down completely or in part |
| (小宇宙) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| (頑固) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
peruse
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| (閲覧) read or examine, typically with great care |
| (不安定な) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (執着するのは) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (ドンキホーテ) idealistic without regard to practicality |
perverse
9
| (あまのじゃく) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (分岐) act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch |
| (ドンキホーテ) idealistic without regard to practicality |
| (前奏曲) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
procrastinate
10
| (先延ばし) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (仮名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (しつこい) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |