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n. ベール a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation


Spelling Word: bale
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a. 冗談の多い good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone


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n. 要塞 fortress; projecting part of fortification; well-fortified position


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n. 巨大 huge creature; something enormous in size or power


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v. 殴る discuss repeatedly; attack verbally; work hard upon


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v. 悩まさ attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in


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n. 頑固 hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own religion, race, or politics


Spelling Word: bigot
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n. 甘言 flattery; speech or action expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart


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n. 騒音 loud, harsh roar or screech; a dazzling blaze of light


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n. 自治区 an incorporated town that is not a city; a town, or a division of a large town


Spelling Word: borough