spruce up
【他動】

1. beautify
2. glamorize
3. glorify
4. romanticize

a beautification project

beautification campaign

glorify someone's military aggression against

beautify someone's character

`and then the different branches of Arithmetic -- Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.'〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ（独立行政法人情報通信研究機構）〕"_ALI1-09", "2583142"

`You know what to beautify is, I suppose?'〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ（独立行政法人情報通信研究機構）〕"_ALI1-09", "2582961"

The loss of our memory, however, has recently encouraged the beautification of the war or support of Japanese military act during the war.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1999年6月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT152027", "2490990"

Also, I want to raise them as rounded individuals concerned about issues such as the environment, beautification of the towns and social welfare."〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1995年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT103026", "2240974"

The film met with some criticism upon release in Britain because it was thought to glorify heroin but I doubt if anyone after watching the film became a user just by watching that film - even if it is （allegedly） a thousand times better than your best ever orgasm!〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1997年9月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT131039", "2484654"

Walter's tireless efforts make a contribution to beautifying the city.

Singapore is famous for its severe measures to keep public areas clean."MB001074", "2448496"

The downtown streetscape plan is a $__ project.

Today the '60s is easily glamorized, but there was also a lot of bad stuff going on in those days.

glamorization of smoking

It is fairly obvious that only those who really haven't blended in to Japanese society have a too rosy view of the Japanese themselves.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1992年4月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT066061", "2375478"

I think she is idealizing her boyfriend.

glorify success

in a culture that ［which］ glorifies success

gloss over one's wartime atrocities

In Japan, they have carried out clean-up activities and conducted patrols of the local community since 1996.〔【出典】Catch a Wave, 2002年8月23日号◆【出版社】株式会社浜島書店 〕

glamorize violence

Sure, having exaggerated and over glamorized subtitles will attract audiences to some extent, but people who continue to be hustled by these lines will stop believing them sooner or later.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2003年2月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT196033", "2457664"

I don't believe in the romanticizing of 'life.'〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1996年3月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT113033", "2332697"

glorify suicidal terrorism as an act of martyrdom

streetscape

Their representations are way too over the top and glamorized.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2003年2月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT196033", "2512952"

glamorization of the tale

be susceptible to a view of history that glorifies one's past

appeal the radical reformation to beautify the city

keep-the-city-beautiful movement

Her suicide is representative of the Japanese sentiment of glorifying one's death.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年10月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT276025", "2319025"