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tendon

1

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

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

3

timing

4

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

control

1

knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge

1

to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

1

braille

1

horizontal; level; even

1

shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection

1

shell; cannonball

2

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

10

before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously

7

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

2

to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

2

interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter

1

to rebuild; to reconstruct

1

ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot

7

balance

1

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

1

close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth

1

horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise

1

mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress

2

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled

1

to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld

3

hunting; oscillatory behavior of a non-converging feedback loop (behaviour); hunting cap

1

hat; cap

1

to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes

1

to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess

2

to fling (away); to hurl

3

rank; standing

1

several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)

1

looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

whistle (sound made with the lips)

1

praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause

4

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

2

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

2

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

almost every day; almost daily

1

loved one; lover; sweetheart

1

quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

4

black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)

12

correction; revision; amendment

1

to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)

6

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

popular name; common name; given name

1

quietly; soundlessly

2