Fires are less frightening today than they once were, because more and more houses are built of concrete, and concrete houses do not burn as easily as the old wooden ones.
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ますます， 益々， 増々， 益益， 増す増す， 増増， 益
1. increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
1. to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct
2. to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol)
3. to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train
4. to till
5. to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write
6. to create (an artistic wor...
1. extent, degree, measure
2. limit, bounds
3. (span of) time
4. (a) distance
5. the state of, the status of, the condition of
6. about, around, approximately, or so
7. as much as ..., to the extent of ..., like ...
8. the more ... the more ...
1. to be lost (e.g. luggage), to be missing
2. to be used up, to be run out, to be exhausted, to be consumed, to be reduced to zero, to not occur any more
3. to disappear (e.g. pain), to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
1. indicates the subject of a sentence
2. indicates possession
3. but, however, (and) yet, though, although, while
4. and
5. used after an introductory remark or explanation
6. regardless of ..., whether ... (or not), no matter ...
7. indicates a des...
1. thing, object, article, stuff, substance
2. one's things, possessions, property, belongings
3. things, something, anything, everything, nothing
4. quality
5. reason, the way of things
6. used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate ...