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reconstruction; rebuilding; restructuring

1

temporary; transitory; short-lived

1

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

1

interruption; suspension; break

1

license; licence

1

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

1

grim face

1

to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)

1

trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

2

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

1

greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe

2

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

3

stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task

1

to do one's best; to put forth every effort

1

you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

1

renting a room

1

a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute

1

to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise

1

fireworks

1

to smash (violently); to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.); to wreck; to destroy

1

to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to exert oneself; to push oneself; to pay generously (for); to splurge (on)

1

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

1

to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

1

to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with

1

literally; to the letter; literal

1

bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

1

comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

4

to crouch; to squat; to cower

2

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

1

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

1

right side; right-hand side

1

fumes from an explosion

1

state of mind; (one's) mental state

1

black smoke

1

damage; injury

1

tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings

1

itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

1

brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

1

achievement; performance; results; work; contribution

1

personal history; background; career

1

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

1

being startled

2

(human) life

1

to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate

1

putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards

1

exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of

2