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v.
(議論) overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy


Spelling Word: dazzle
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n. Syn. deterioration; decay
(衰退) change toward something smaller or lower ; gradual falling off from a better state


Spelling Word: decline
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v. Syn. lessen; reduce; abate
(減少) lessen; reduce; make a quantity smaller


Spelling Word: decrease
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n.
(非行) failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime


Spelling Word: delinquency
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v.
(奪う) deny; take away


Spelling Word: deprive
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n. Syn. ancestry; origin
(降下) ancestry; origin; the descendants of one individual; drop; fall; a movement downward


Spelling Word: descent
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v. Syn. consume; gorge; gobble
(食い入るように見る) consume; eat greedily; destroy completely


Spelling Word: devour
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v. Syn. assimilate; ingest
(ダイジェスト) break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances


Spelling Word: digest
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v. Syn. weaken; attenuate
(希) weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water


Spelling Word: dilute
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a. Syn. weak; faint
(暗い) emitting only a small amount of light; lacking in brightness


Spelling Word: dim