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 5000 Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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radiate  Speak Example sentences
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[小心] cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind
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[非道] dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian
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[放射] spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
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[辛辣] harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
rafter  Speak Example sentences
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[蛇紋岩] winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
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[垂木は] raftsman; originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber
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[しなやか] winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
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[満ちた] filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied
recede  Speak Example sentences
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[後退] move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
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[属国] grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior; feudatory; feudal tenant
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[声高に叫ばれる] offensively loud; noisy; making outcry
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[トートロジー] needlessly repetitious; using repetition or excessive wordiness
replete  Speak Example sentences
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[スループ] single-mast sailing boat
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[休眠] having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed
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[垂木は] raftsman; originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber
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[満ちた] filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied
sedulous  Speak Example sentences
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[スタッカート] played abruptly; marked by an abrupt sharp sound
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[じらす] tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
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[勤勉な] diligent; hardworking; persevering, and constant in effort or application
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[切り捨て] cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
shirk  Speak Example sentences
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[妨害] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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[詭弁] the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
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[シルク] avoid or neglect duty or responsibility; malinger
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[スループ] single-mast sailing boat
slake  Speak Example sentences
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[しなやか] winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
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[不活発になる] make less active or intense; satisfy thirst
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[熱狂的に語る] speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
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[悪く言う] cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame
sobriquet  Speak Example sentences
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[シルク] avoid or neglect duty or responsibility; malinger
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[毒舌を振るう] marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
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[満ちた] filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied
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[あだ名] nickname; familiar name for person, typically shortened version of the given name
supplant  Speak Example sentences
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[に取って代わる] replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
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[休眠] having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed
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[熱狂的に語る] speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
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[悪く言う] cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame
tantalize  Speak Example sentences
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[に取って代わる] replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
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[じらす] tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
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[シルク] avoid or neglect duty or responsibility; malinger
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[辛辣] harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing