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to turn on; to switch on; to light up

3

solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

1

way; method; means; (technical) specification

1

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

3

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

1

laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

1

close; intimate; on good terms

1

affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

3

quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

2

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

1

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

6

to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer

1

to lose sight of; to miss

2

willpower; energy; vitality

1

to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)

1

sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness

1

now; nowadays

1

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

myself

1

to continue to do; to persist in doing

1

decision; determination; resolution

5

precisely because

4

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

1

each person; everybody

3

(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me

13

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

2

palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap

1

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

2

thug; hooligan; ruffian; (arch.) spy

1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

1

reluctantly; unwillingly

2

to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate

1

to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by

1

to ring a bell

1

this

1

to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

1

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

2

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

2

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

people; citizens; subjects; folk

1

inevitably; certainly

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

9

Arctic Ocean

1

being frozen in ice

1

foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot; (arch.) going on foot; (arch.) walking

1

be; is

4

Maritime Self-Defense Force

1