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to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on

2

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)

4

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

5

complicity

1

loot; plunder; booty

1

highway route (Edo period); main route

2

life and death; life or death

1

to fight against; to oppose; to face

3

chance (of success); odds

2

pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names

2

roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

4

to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)

1

to lie face-down

1

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

3

rear guard; reserve troops

1

really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely

5

alarm bell

1

nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade

3

to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply

6

to spring up; to leap to one's feet; to jump up and down

1

anvil

1

to temper thoroughly; to train well

3

weird; eerie; uncanny

1

to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)

2

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

1

night watch; fire watchman

1

to hit each other; to exchange blows; to fight

3

feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted

1

to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

2

also known as; also called

1

very loud voice

1

to cut down (e.g. trees)

1

boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque

3

firearms; missile; projectile weapon

1

miscalculation

1

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task

1

rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling

1

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

1

bulky; unwieldy; haughty; high-handed

1

coward

1

dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

2

boss; chief; head

1

roughneck

1

mischievous boy

1

bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

1

open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

6

meteorite

2

to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

7

gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter

2

dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass

1