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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

2

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

1

diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry

1

self; oneself

4

to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill

3

superior; better

1

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

1

standard-bearer; flag-bearer

1

smash

1

schedule; program; programme; agenda

2

deputy head teacher; vice principal

1

communication

4

strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch

4

decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

2

video letter (message sent by video)

1

closing address

1

ending

3

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

1

guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)

1

complete set; all; everything

4

capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

2

to break down crying

4

our school; my school

1

ash; ashes

5

summer grass

1

rich in personality; of great individuality; highly individual; expressive of one's personality

1

to bear fruit; to ripen

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

6

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

2

to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered

4

fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man

1

to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)

1

to become sinewy; to behave formally

1

many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)

2

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

3

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

3

to become pale; to turn pale

3

frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge

1

humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners

2

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

4

fadeout

1

graduate; alumnus

1

appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph

1

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

2

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

2

gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing

1

minor business

2

something wrapped in a furoshiki

2

to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

2

in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

3