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***** [money received for work done]  

Spelling wages

Meaning: money received for work done
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Jack receives his wages every Friday. ジャックは毎週金曜日に給料を受け取ります。

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***** [(1) to delay acting; (2) to postpone]  

Spelling wait

Meaning (1): to delay acting
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Wait for me. 私を待ってください。

Meaning (2): to postpone
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) We will wait until next Tuesday to discuss the problem. 私たちはその問題を話し合うのを火曜日まで延ばすつもりです。

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***** [to move by putting one foot in front of the other]  

Spelling walk

Meaning: to move by putting one foot in front of the other
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She walks two miles every day. * one mile = 1.6 kilometers 彼女は毎日、2マイル歩きます。

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***** [(1) the side of a room or building formed by wood, stone or other material; (2) a structure sometimes used to separate areas of land]  

Spelling wall

Meaning (1): the side of a room or building formed by wood, stone or other material
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He has many pictures on his wall. 彼は壁にたくさんの絵(写真)を掛けています。

Meaning (2): a structure sometimes used to separate areas of land
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) China built the Great Wall to protect against enemy invasions. 中国は敵の侵略を防ぐために万里の長城を築きました。

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***** [(1) to desire; (2) to wish for; (3) to need]  

Spelling want

Meaning (1): to desire
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She wants to win a lot of money in the lottery. 彼は彼女ともっと頻繁に会うことを望んでいます。

Meaning (2): to wish for
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She wants to win a lot of money in the lottery. 彼女は宝くじでたくさんのお金を得たいと願っています。

Meaning (3): to need
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) They want to eat now. 彼らは今、食事がしたい。

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***** [fighting between nations, or groups in a nation, using weapons]  

Spelling war

Meaning: fighting between nations, or groups in a nation, using weapons
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The world's last major war, World War II, ended in 1945. 最後の世界大戦である第二次世界大戦は1945年に終わりました。

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***** [(1) almost hot; (2) having or feeling some heat]  

Spelling warm

Meaning (1): almost hot
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) My coffee is warm instead of hot. 私のコービーは熱いというより温かい。

Meaning (2): having or feeling some heat
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She likes to sit outside in the warm sunlight. 彼女は暖かい日差しの中、屋外で座るのが好きです。

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***** [(1) to tell of possible danger; (2) to advise or inform about something bad that may happen]  

Spelling warn

Meaning (1): to tell of possible danger
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) A weather radio warns of dangerous storms. ラジオの天気予報は危険な嵐がきそうだと警告しています。

Meaning (2): to advise or inform about something bad that may happen
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The President warned that the country may be entering an economic recession. 大統領は国が経済の景気後退に陥りつつあるかもしれないと発表した。

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***** [to make clean, usually with water]  

Spelling wash

Meaning: to make clean, usually with water
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Tommy says that he will wash the car today. トミーは今日、車を洗うつもりだと言っています。

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***** [(1) to spend or use without need or care; (2) to make bad use of; (3) a spending of money, time or effort with no value gained or returned; (4) something thrown away as having no value; (5) the liquid and solid substances that result from body processes and are passed out of the body]

Spelling waste

Meaning (1): to spend or use without need or care
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Do not waste your money by buying video games. ビデオゲームを買ってお金を無駄遣いしてはいけません。

Meaning (2): to make bad use of
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He wasted his life by using drugs and alcohol. 彼は麻薬と酒で人生をだめにした。

Meaning (3): a spending of money, time or effort with no value gained or returned
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Watching television is a waste of time. テレビを見ることは時間の浪費です。

Meaning (4): something thrown away as having no value
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Chemical wastes pollute our water supplies. 化学廃棄物は我々に供給される水を汚染します。

Meaning (5): the liquid and solid substances that result from body processes and are passed out of the body
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) How do astronauts deal with the problem of wastes from their bodies? 宇宙飛行士は体から出る排泄物の問題にどう対処しているのですか？

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***** [(1) to look at; (2) to observe closely; (3) to look and wait for] 

Spelling watch

Meaning (1): to look at
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Did you watch the football game on television? あなたはフットボールの試合をテレビで見ましたか？

Meaning (2): to observe closely
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Watch every move he makes. 彼の一挙一動を観察してください。

Meaning (3): to look and wait for
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) I will watch for her train to arrive. 私は彼女の列車が到着するのを待ちます。

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***** [the liquid that falls from the sky as rain or is found in lakes, rivers and oceans]  

Spelling water

Meaning: the liquid that falls from the sky as rain or is found in lakes, rivers and oceans
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) May I have some water, please? 水をいただけませんか？

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***** [(1) to move or cause to move one way and the other, as a flag in the wind; (2) to signal by moving the hand one way and the other; (3) a large mass of water that forms and moves on the surface of a lake or ocean]  

Spelling wave

Meaning (1): to move or cause to move one way and the other, as a flag in the wind
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The flag is waving in the wind. 旗が風になびいています。

Meaning (2): to signal by moving the hand one way and the other
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She waved at me. 彼女は私に手を振りました。

Meaning (3): a large mass of water that forms and moves on the surface of a lake or ocean
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The waves are especially large today. 今日は波が特に大きい。

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***** [(1) a path on land or sea or in the air; (2) how something is done; (3) method]  

Spelling way

Meaning (1): a path on land or sea or in the air
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) This trail is the way to our camp. この小道は野営地(キャンプ場)へ行く道です。

Meaning (2): how something is done
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She says I should drive the way that she does. 彼女は車の運転を彼女がするように私もすべきだと言う。

Meaning (3): method
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Show me the way to hit the ball. ボールの打ち方をやって見せてください。

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***** [two or more people, including the speaker or writer]  

Spelling we

Meaning: two or more people, including the speaker or writer
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He and I will go together, and we will return together. 彼と私は一緒に行って、一緒に帰ってきます。

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***** [(1) having little power; (2) easily broken, damaged or destroyed; (3) opposite strong]  

Spelling weak

Meaning (1): having little power
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He was weak from hunger. 彼は空腹で弱っていた。

Meaning (2): easily broken, damaged or destroyed
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) We are worried about crossing the weak bridge. 私たちは壊れやすい橋を渡るのが心配だ。

Meaning (3): opposite strong
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) You need a strong rope, not a weak one, to tie the boat to the tree. 木にボートを係留するには、弱いものではなく、強いロープが必要です。

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***** [a large amount of possessions, money or other things of value] 

Spelling wealth

Meaning: a large amount of possessions, money or other things of value
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) His wealth comes from his rich grandfather. 彼の富は金持ちの祖父からのものです。

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***** [anything used to cause injury or to kill during an attack, fight or war]  

Spelling weapon

Meaning: anything used to cause injury or to kill during an attack, fight or war
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Police could not find the weapon used in the murder. 警察は殺人に使われた武器を見つけることができなかった。

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***** [to have on the body, as clothes]  

Spelling wear

Meaning: to have on the body, as clothes
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) What will you wear to the party? あなたはパーティーに何を着て行きますか？

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***** [the condition of the atmosphere resulting from sun, wind, rain, heat or cold]  

Spelling weather

Meaning: the condition of the atmosphere resulting from sun, wind, rain, heat or cold
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) We will have more cold weather tomorrow. 明日もまだ寒い天候が続くでしょう。

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