group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
striking with the back of the sword
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
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to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
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third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
to complain; to make a complaint
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
head; dome; bean; nob; noggin
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole