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raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation

1

forte; strong point

1

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

1

disorderly crowd; mob; rabble

1

side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension

10

to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

2

to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

2

single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed

2

intercept; interception; counter-attack

1

ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law

1

withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy

1

rout; collapse

2

to aim at

6

to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs

5

orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course

4

to run away; to run off

1

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

1

damage; injury; loss

2

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

2

a few seconds; several seconds

2

to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

2

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

5

to raise (one's voice)

2

front row

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back row; rear rank

4

to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate

2

sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute

4

thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest

1

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

5

inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)

2

precision; accuracy

1

in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

1

to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily

4

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

1

to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order

2

(a) row; line

2

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

3

to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated

1

way; method; means

1

at once; there and then; immediately

1

half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont

3

scattered; separated; dispersed

1

(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation

1

fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

3

dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death

1

function; facility; faculty; feature

4

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

2

to give directions; to issue instructions

10

in a row; in a line

2

anti-cavalry palisade (Sengoku period)

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