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gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

2

productive; constructive; meaningful

1

to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

1

to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed

3

to show off; to flaunt

1

to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp

1

flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

1

to oil (e.g. chains, hinges, etc.)

1

saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb

1

saying too much

1

tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation

1

incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

2

life story; personal narrative; story of one's life

1

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

4

grandmother

4

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

1

mercenary (soldier)

1

work; business; company; study

1

agriculture; farming

1

change of job; change of occupation; career change

1

pirate

1

ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman

1

fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line

2

eyepatch

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man

2

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

5

to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

1

slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)

2

inland

1

urban area; urban district

1

hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

2

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

3

ash; ashes

2

scorched-earth strategy (policy, tactics)

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

1

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

1

to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)

1

human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person

2

experiments using animals; in-vivo testing; animal testing

1

sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)

1

misunderstanding

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

1

young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

1

research; study; investigation

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

antibody

1

organism; living body

1

prime field; figurine (used in modeling, dollmaking, etc.)

1