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fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line

4

resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace

4

kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords

8

counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)

1

kendo gi; kendo uniform

1

bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick

24

wooden sword

1

moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul)

1

self-improvement; (mental) training; self-discipline; cultivation

1

half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe

1

closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling

2

attendance record

5

as below; as follows

2

to cause a person trouble

1

loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)

1

order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go)

1

major subject; special study

5

in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

2

rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)

3

large family

2

small number of people

2

small teapot

1

makikomi (judo throw); vehicle accident involving a turn (e.g. when a car turns and hits a bicycle that was going straight); left-turn accident; right-turn accident

3

to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude

1

to dispel doubts

2

conspiracy; collusion; complicity

1

Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit; Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa (variety of bottle gourd)

1

clothing; garment; dress

23

to be hesitant; to feel timid

6

famous line (from a movie, book, etc.); famous quote

2

being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted

1

shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

2

neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)

1

joe; jaw

3

to rearrange; to resequence

2

in; at; for

1

roll-call; muster

1

sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser

1

restoration; reinstatement

1

mistake; blunder; slipup

3

legal reregistration in one's family; reenrollment (in school); reenrolment

1

hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious

2

to have one's predictions turn out exactly right

1

counter for questions

14

indefinite integral

2

probability distribution

2

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

5

remaining silent; keeping secret

2

if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose

15

craving for the limelight

3