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n. 聖域 place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque


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a. 選択 taken from a number by preference; picked out as more valuable or excellent than others; of special value or excellence


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n. シャフト axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow


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a. 病気 affected with the disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health


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n. 誹謗中傷 defamation;  false and malicious statement or report about someone


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n. ナマケモノ laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals


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a. スパイラル rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil


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n. 階段 a way of access consisting of a set of steps


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n. スタミナ physical or moral strength to resist or withstand illness; enduring strength and energy


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n. ステレオ fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception


Spelling Word: stereotype