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bluish purple

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spherical surface; sphere

1

chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

1

device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity

1

large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)

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to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

2

minced meat; ground meat

1

to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)

1

dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

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recollection; remembrance; reminiscence

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feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection

1

injury; wound

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collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict

3

hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)

1

match declared drawn due to injury; ending with both sides suffering damage (of a dispute, etc.)

1

(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess

1

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

2

personal (employee); employed; retained

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newly forged sword; newly forged katana; shintō; new sword; katana forged after the advent of the Keichō era

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inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim

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spring hail

2

temper pattern of a sword blade

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naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata

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to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront

3

rushing madly ahead

2

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

1

training; drill; practice; practising; discipline

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

1

receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)

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lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

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arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

2

burning; combustion; exerting all strength; making an effort

2

iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

2

long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down

2

room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room

1

master; teacher; stable master

1

to name; to call; to christen; to term

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to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard

1

self-praise; praising oneself

1

to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

2

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

1

right in half

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turning to the left; left turn

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entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with

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discretion; judgement; judgment

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to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

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to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize

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if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

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to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly

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