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small spiral-shelled snail; spiral shellfish

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beheading; decapitation

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to be ungrateful

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reinforcement (e.g. of troops)

4

close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting

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to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish

1

Gatling gun

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prize money; reward

1

professional duties

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(war) front

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category; category

1

to bear fruit

1

fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely

1

to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)

1

supply; supplying; replenishment

1

graduate recruitment; employment of new graduates

1

soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times; Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty

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soldier

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announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release

1

heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored

1

fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way

1

support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection

1

break; tear; pierce; split; burst

1

palm (of the hand)

1

to blend (e.g. fact and fiction); to mix; to weave (together)

1

mercenary (soldier)

1

combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

1

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

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hand-to-hand combat

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rematch (after an earlier loss)

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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phalanx

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to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside

1

moral way of life; correct path; moral principles

1

mind

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the universe; the cosmos

1

hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)

1

ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

1

to reveal one's (poor) upbringing (through poor manners, etc.); to betray one's origin; to give oneself away

1

defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence

1

battalion commander

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to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul

1

gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish

1

to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)

3

(coming to a) sudden stop

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losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself

2

branch road; branch path; fork road

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diagonal

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slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

2

to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

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