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to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string

1

passenger; rider; good rider

7

(barbed) wire entanglements

1

national character; regional character

1

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

2

increase

2

speed; velocity; quickness; earliness

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

2

bullet hell (genre of shoot 'em ups)

1

over one's shoulder

1

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

1

gilded edges or rims

1

everywhere; all over; throughout

2

to open a path

1

gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

1

fat; fats and oils

8

remaining bullets; remaining ammunition

1

desperate

1

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

3

herd of horses; pack of horses (in a race)

1

midday; broad daylight

1

engine

3

high frequency; HF

3

one soldier

2

handrail; railing; banister

4

to jump from one thing to another

3

to ease up the speed

1

bridge pier; pontoon bridge

1

going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

2

underwater

5

approach run; run-up

3

successively; one after another

3

backwater; (arch.) standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.)

1

water tank

3

nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything

1

to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

4

scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

3

to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die

1

to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)

1

front row

3

to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match

1

striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving

1

to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver

2

falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

1

watchful waiting; careful supervision

1

needle-shaped; pointed

1

(ornamental) tip of a scabbard; bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever

1

to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp

2

possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control

2

secret weapon

3