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to knock down

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tea party

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horseplay; fooling around

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one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party

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spark

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flash (of light); glint; schiller

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dazzling; radiant

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both; (not) either

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angry roar; bellow

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ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

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together; mutually; fellow

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to get; to be given

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gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

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nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade

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hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip

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to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

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to wear a sword

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because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

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rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)

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low hit (e.g. in baseball or golf); downhill

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to smash; to break

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to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

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sword; dagger; knife; bayonet

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Magoroku

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to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to

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great swordsman; master fencer

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Kamiizumi

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fencing; art of wielding swords

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ability; skill; facility

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Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)

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fellow student

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misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful

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to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

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to watch for an unguarded moment

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abstract; immaterial; moral; spiritual; intangible

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point of a sword

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thump; clang; clank

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slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder

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edge of blade

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to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet

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to cut off; to lop off; to prune

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victory depends on the turn of fortune; winning and losing are both down to luck

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hostility; animosity; enmity

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fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest

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useless; vain; aimless; idle

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mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

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in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run

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to fall flat; to fall face down

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proud; haughty; arrogant

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