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to increase; to grow

3

urban; metropolitan

1

polish; refinement

1

to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

1

wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished

1

(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.

1

precious stone; jewel; gem

1

to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)

1

honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion

1

with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask

2

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

1

useless; vain; aimless; idle

1

beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition

1

huge win; overwhelming victory

1

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

1

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

1

going into battle; departure for the front

1

face; honour; honor; appearance; look

1

right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon

1

dead of night; shades of night; black of night

5

Cornerstone of Peace (in the Peace Memorial Park on Okinawa Island)

1

to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr

1

lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads

1

sound of a gun; roar of cannon

2

double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

1

triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate

1

divining sticks; counting; calculation

1

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

3

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

2

to avoid misfortune; to escape danger

1

(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

1

ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

1

duty; role; function

3

disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight

1

distinguished war service; merit of war

1

goodness; good

1

brave warrior; hero; brave man

1

to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb

1

contagion; infection

1

deck (of a ship)

2

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

2

great man; hero; master mind

1

adverse circumstances; adversity

1

preparing to flee; being ready to run away

1

(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit

1

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

1

to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)

1

to die; to be killed

2

to be reminded of; to call to mind

2

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

1