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to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound

2

shot; buckshot

1

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

2

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

1

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

1

to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

4

sharp-eyed; keen-eyed; easily awakened

1

to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up

1

place; location; room; space; sumo tournament

17

heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part

5

place; position; location; position; standing; status

2

human figure; human form

1

to touch the vital point

1

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

8

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

2

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

6

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

2

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

13

handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

1

at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of

9

immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead

1

tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

5

physical evidence; real evidence; material evidence

1

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

16

thread; yarn; string

7

vivid; clear; distinct

1

rear right; back right; right and behind

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

1

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

1

in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should

1

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive

2

a little; a few; small; only; just; merely

4

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

7

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

3

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

12

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

1

posture; position; stance

2

tip of a sword; point of a sword

1

side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

2

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

1

rushing madly ahead

1

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

2

fist

9

to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

1

to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

2