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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

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bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

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battlefield; battleground

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

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weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person

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tactics

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cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

2

knife blade; sword blade

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to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around

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lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

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top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar

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to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

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chest; breast

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hatch

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

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war cry; roar

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physical strength; brute strength; arm strength

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to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

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to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

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extra-long sword

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corner; nook; recess

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to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

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stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

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to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

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the (four) limbs; arms and legs

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pollution; contamination

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... all over again (repeating the same failure)

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to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

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horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

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scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

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to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise

1

severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair

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to throw into; to toss into

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please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

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to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

1

charming; fascinating; beautiful; elegant; graceful; sweet

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my; our; one's own

2

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

2

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

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to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

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feathers; plumage; down

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suddenly; all of a sudden

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high-pitched; shrill

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limit; bound

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wintry desolation; poor business conditions

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full moon

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