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dam  Speak Example sentences
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(分解する) decay
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(ダム) barrier to prevent the flow of liquid, especially built across a water course
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(迂回) distract; withdraw money and move into a different location
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(運命) judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
dash  Speak Example sentences
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(ダッシュ) throw with violence or haste; break, as by throwing or by collision; form or sketch rapidly
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(無視) ignore; discount; take no notice of
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(勤勉) assiduous; industrious; hard-working
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(下降) move downward and lower; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood
deadlock  Speak Example sentences
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(検出) feel; discover the presence of; identify
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(変位) move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
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(大打撃を与える) ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
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(デッドロック) standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
decrepit  Speak Example sentences
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(迂回) distract; withdraw money and move into a different location
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(議論) overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy
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(老朽化) weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use
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(捧げる) dedicate; contribute
deficit  Speak Example sentences
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(デッドロック) standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
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(土砂降り) pouring or streaming downwards, especially a heavy or continuous shower
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(赤字) inadequacy or insufficiency; sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage
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(絶望) loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
degrade  Speak Example sentences
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(嘆く) feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret
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(大打撃を与える) ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
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(奪う) deny; take away
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(劣化) reduce level; lower grade of something
deplete  Speak Example sentences
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(土砂降り) pouring or streaming downwards, especially a heavy or continuous shower
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(ダム) barrier to prevent the flow of liquid, especially built across a water course
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(時間) length of time something lasts
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(枯渇) decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
determination  Speak Example sentences
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(出発) take off; leave; set out
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(劣化) reduce level; lower grade of something
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(決定) act of making or arriving at a decision; putting an end to; termination
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(無視) ignore; discount; take no notice of
devote  Speak Example sentences
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(枯渇) decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
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(distendは) swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
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(支配) major; important; outweighing
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(捧げる) dedicate; contribute
dictate  Speak Example sentences
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(絶望) loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
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(指示) prescribe; rule as a dictator
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(歪曲) twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
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(ダーツ) move suddenly and rapidly