4000 CAE Vocabulary List

dabble:
v. 手を出す splash liquid gently and playfully; undertake something without serious intent

dagger:
n. 短剣 knife; a short pointed weapon with sharp edges

dainty:
n. 珍味 delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything

damp:
a. 湿気 humid; moist; slightly wet

dandy:
n. ダンディ man who affects extreme elegance in clothes and manners; something very good or agreeable

dangerous:
a. 契約 full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe

dangle:
v. ちらつか hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely

dank:
a. じめじめ disagreeably damp or humid; cold moisture; unpleasant humidity

darn:
v. くそ mend, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by the needle; sew together with yarn or thread

dart:
v. ダーツ move suddenly and rapidly

daunt:
v. くじく frighten; abate the courage of; discourage

deadlock:
n. デッドロック standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate

deadly:
a. 逆 fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death

debacle:
n. 騒動 sudden downfall; complete disaster

debatable:
a. 議論の余地がある disputable; unsettled; open to doubt or debate

debate:
n. 聴覚障害者 discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points

debauchery:
n. 道楽 corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance; the excessive indulgence of the appetites

debrief:
v. 反省会 to question someone after a military mission to obtain intelligence

debris:
n. 破片 remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

debut:
n. デビュー beginning or first attempt; first appearance before the public