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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

エスカレート

esukareeto

to escalate

Example sentences

だんだんエスカレートしてきた。
It gradually escalated.
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その男おとこの要求ようきゅうは、さらにエスカレートしていった。
The man’s demands escalated even further.
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脱線だっせんがどんどんエスカレートしていく。
The digression is escalating more and more.
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