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thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest

3

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

6

successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

1

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

1

(right at the) side; just beside

2

point of a sword

1

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind

1

to attack; to assault; to assail

1

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

2

suddenly; all of a sudden

1

to stop walking; to pause

1

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

1

bluff

1

to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

1

explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid

1

accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal

12

to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

2

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

1

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

1

reflexive; reflecting

1

to squat; to crouch

1

horizontal; level; even

1

acceleration; speeding up

11

momentary; instantaneous

1

fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized

2

continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring

1

enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier

2

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

1

usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant

1

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

2

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

1

super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than

4

speed

7

drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice

1

striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

1

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

1

to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

4

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

1

to fight; to exchange blows; to rally

2

lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt

1

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

3

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

1

thought; consideration; thinking

2

ability; faculty

3

doubling

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

5

more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage

2

even

1