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Quaternary period

1

true value; real worth

4

to scatter away; to vanish

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

to cultivate; to foster

1

balance of power

1

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

1

to get angry

1

pride; haughtiness

1

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

1

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

4

slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed

1

grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly

2

central pillar; principal post; backbone of a society or community

2

apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer

1

recent years

1

radicalization; radicalisation; intensification; aggravation; sharpening (e.g. of an image); narrowing (of a peak)

1

to continue (going along some trend)

1

alternation of generations

1

political system

1

not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore

1

by all means; no matter what; at any rate

1

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

4

spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit

1

formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

3

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

1

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

3

to feel despondent

2

to get irritated

1

instructor; (fencing) teacher; model

1

to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear

1

bigoted; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded

2

maintainability; serviceability

1

authoritarianism

1

adherence (to one's beliefs) (positive nuance); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground

1

to smash up; to defeat crushingly

4

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

4

deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)

1

variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables

2

ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia

1

receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

1

to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability

1

to rise; to flourish

1

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

8

to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)

1

ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul

3

oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

2

history book

2

reminiscent talk

1

shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

1