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 5000 Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retribution  Speak Example sentences
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[ささいなこと] a thing of very little value or importance
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[人手不足の] short-handed; clandestine; marked by deception
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[報復] something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses
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[血色] reddish color; healthy-looking
revolt  Speak Example sentences
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[反乱] organize opposition to authority; make revolution
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[包囲] seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
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[支柱] display in order to impress others; swagger; walk with a lofty proud gait
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[鋭い] acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound
roster  Speak Example sentences
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[落ち着いた] composed, and dignified in character or manner
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[鋭い] acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound
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[求婚] one who sues, petitions, or entreats; petitioner; applicant; a man who is courting a woman
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[名簿] list, especially of names
scandalous  Speak Example sentences
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[スキャンダラスな] giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation
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[かき回し] make an energetic, usually hasty search
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[放棄] abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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[撥] driving away; unattractive; inspiring aversion or distaste; resistant or impervious to something
scorpion  Speak Example sentences
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[サソリ] any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones
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[瓦礫] broken fragments; irregular pieces of rock
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[人手不足の] short-handed; clandestine; marked by deception
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[汚染] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
sedate  Speak Example sentences
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[令状] something which is written; writing; scripture
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[落ち着いた] composed, and dignified in character or manner
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[ヘラ] a broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
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[ショール] a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
shambles  Speak Example sentences
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[カツラ] partial wig or hairpiece worn to cover a bald spot
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[撃退] force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
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[名簿] list, especially of names
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[修羅場] wreck; scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin
slacker  Speak Example sentences
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[汚染] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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[サージ] outburst; roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat
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[ささいなこと] a thing of very little value or importance
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[Slackerは] one who shirks work or responsibility; one who tries to evade military service in wartime
spacious  Speak Example sentences
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[渦巻き] whirling motion; eddy, as of water
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[広々とした] wide; generous or large in area or extent; sizable
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[サソリ] any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones
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[包囲] seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
spatula  Speak Example sentences
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[撃退] force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
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[ヘラ] a broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
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[粘り強い] sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly
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[報復] something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses