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constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

4

sword skills; swordsmanship

3

feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke

1

deadly serious; deadly earnest

1

principle; theory; fundamental truth

1

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

2

does not seem (to be)

1

same village; same town; same province

1

knife blade; sword blade

1

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

2

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

1

smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.

1

single edge (e.g. sword blade)

1

liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets; bisexuality; player who can play as both pitcher and fielder; dual sword wielding; two-sword fencing

1

school (e.g. of ikebana)

1

self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style

1

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

2

answer; solution

1

two groups; two bands

1

to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

1

the two; both

1

purity (of a substance)

1

highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)

1

expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility

1

interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

1

to become settled; to be fixed

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

deadly poison

1

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

1

bare hand; empty hand

2

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

there being no use in arguing (about it)

1

to refer to; to use as reference

1

agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

1

first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order

1

second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order

1

(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut

2

vitality; (one's) life force

1

it may be because

1

fatal wound

1

to moan; to groan

1

thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.

4

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

2

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

1

faint; swoon

1

to lose consciousness

1

kinetic energy

1

offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff

1

striking with the back of the sword

1

bisection

1