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debilitate  Speak Example sentences
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住人 a person who inhabits a particular place
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弱体化 make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
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とりとめのない aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
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遺棄 left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
decelerate  Speak Example sentences
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減速 slow down the rate of advancement of; decrease speed of
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災害 catastrophe; great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty
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物悲し sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting
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食い入るように見る consume; eat greedily; destroy completely
deface  Speak Example sentences
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汚損 mar or spoil appearance or surface; impair usefulness, value, or influence of
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断固たる determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
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暴飲暴食 corrupt; seduce from virtue
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消費 spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
denigrate  Speak Example sentences
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けなす blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
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面目をつぶす degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
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誘導体 unoriginal; derived from another source
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乾かすは dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
deplete  Speak Example sentences
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分布 act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
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枯渇 decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
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遺棄 left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
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賜る condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
depravity  Speak Example sentences
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遺棄 left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
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びしょぬれ plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
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堕落 extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
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発散 differing; tending to move apart in different directions
derelict  Speak Example sentences
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けなす blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
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断固たる determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
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遺棄 left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
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不誠実 giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
derivative  Speak Example sentences
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二酸化炭素 an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
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堕落 extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
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誘導体 unoriginal; derived from another source
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塗り付ける smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings
desiccate  Speak Example sentences
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描く portray; depict; draw or trace the outline of; sketch out
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破壊 destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction
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乾かすは dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
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宗派 class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect
desultory  Speak Example sentences
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とりとめのない aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
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宗派 class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect
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変形 change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
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けなす blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade