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ultimate; final; last; eventual

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two characters; name

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reality; real state of affairs; true state of affairs; true form of all things as they are; ultimate reality

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the empty nature of all things

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end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death

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four characters; four letters

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culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection

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best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most

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old age

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to carry a cane

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raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)

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Houtokuji

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supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined

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wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

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steel; sword steel; sword

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traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy)

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string made from twisted paper

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metal

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to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

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to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

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vomiting blood; hematemesis

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plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception

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futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate

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front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context

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copper (Cu); bronze (medal)

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beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

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arm glove; arm warmer; bracelet; leather thread on guard or pommel of a sword; hole in the butt end of a Chinese spear

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pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

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shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

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distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without

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as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction

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Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)

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abrupt; sudden; unexpected

3

to cut at; to slash at

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arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength

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sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

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to rebuke; to scold harshly

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self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive

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to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

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newly forged sword; newly forged katana; shintō; new sword; katana forged after the advent of the Keichō era

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deed; act; work; performance

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cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

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octopus; fool; idiot

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sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

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to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test

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indiscretion; imprudence; rudeness; misbehavior; misconduct; misdeed

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to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to refuse

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footpath between rice fields

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