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n. 命知らず recklessly bold person; a person who risks life and limb for a living or to be seen


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n. 変形 alteration in the shape or dimensions; a change for the worse


Spelling Word: deformation
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a. 劇 having a harmful effect; injurious; having the quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous


Spelling Word: deleterious
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n. 解体 act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying


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n. 空 act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting


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v. 冒涜 violate with violence, especially to a sacred place


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v. 乾かすは dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture


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v. 捧げる dedicate; give your time or effort completely to something you believe in


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n. 余談 wandering from the main path of a journey; diversion


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a. 乱れた marked by disorder; untidy; having hair in loose disorder


Spelling Word: disheveled