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national prestige

1

technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities

2

open sea; ocean

5

harbour

3

pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to

1

process; course; mechanism

1

land; shore

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

3

sea; ocean; waters

2

to face on; to look out on to

2

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

2

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

1

bay; gulf; inlet

1

right (in front); directly; properly; normally; honestly; decently

3

fishing harbour; fishing harbor

1

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

3

vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft

2

cruise; navigation; sailing

3

ice-free port

1

to concern; to be related

2

width of a river

1

riverboat; rivercraft

1

ocean-going ship

2

construction work

1

vassal state; vassal nation; dependency

1

various; many; several

2

city-state

1

to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue

2

possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)

1

urgent; pressing; exigent

1

pressure; oppression; suppression

2

expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread

2

hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman

1

anti-

3

gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull

3

propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement

1

pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)

1

circuit; cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle); cycle; loop

1

end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot

2

ocean; sea; the deep

1

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl

3

instability; insecurity; crankiness

5

trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder

1

return; reversion; comeback; carriage return

2

wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament

1

hegemony

1

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

2

innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive

1

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

1

erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird

1