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n. 制裁 approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance


Spelling Word: sanction
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n. 風刺 form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly


Spelling Word: satire
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a. 壊血病 fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby


Spelling Word: scurvy
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v. シアは cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping


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n. シングル small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles


Spelling Word: shingle
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v. ふるいにかける separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize


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a. 怠け lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish


Spelling Word: slothful
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a. 性 able to be dissolved; able to be explained


Spelling Word: soluble
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a. 仰々しい having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in the style of speech; easy to feel


Spelling Word: sonorous
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n. スプーン a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle


Spelling Word: spoon