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to spend a night together

1

to fall asleep

2

to invite in; to show someone in

1

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

1

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

4

dream; vision; reverie

1

secret; mystery

1

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

1

means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

3

to fight with swords; to cross swords

1

master swordsman

1

understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)

1

professor; teaching; instruction

1

that kind; competition; match

1

abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary

1

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

2

electrical signal

1

foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

1

to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)

1

idle thoughts; worldly thoughts

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

1

two groups; two bands

1

being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out

3

reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy

1

exploitation; overuse; abuse

4

several steps

1

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

1

Atai (post-Taika reform hereditary title often given to regional administrators)

2

tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus

2

dull pain

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

Southeast Asia

1

people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control

1

to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit

3

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

4

initiative

1

game master (person who organizes and oversees a role-playing game); GM

3

to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone

1

freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes

1

staff member; employee; worker; personnel

1

metropolis; large city

1

source; origin

1

origin; beginning; source

1

big bang

1

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

1

Nobel Prize

1

glory

1