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to be the leader of a group of juvenile delinquents

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prop; strut; becoming taut; tightness; thrust; slapping attacks

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one's whole personality

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to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)

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Shizuru

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utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit

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standing firm; holding out

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to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone

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axe; ax; hatchet

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slate; stone slab

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death match (pro wrestling); deathmatch; fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle

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coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

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permit

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to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)

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pond

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nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)

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to appear all together; to be all present

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to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)

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irregularity; anomaly

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eight

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nine; team; players on a team; no

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stakes; bet

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to put one's life on the line

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precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation

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10; ten

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direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation

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to knock down

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ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere

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instructor; (fencing) teacher; model

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carelessly; inattentively

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dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications

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no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine

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solitary island

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all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

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putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

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exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

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unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew

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to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)

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everything one owns

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prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)

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fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest

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to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best

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no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price

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martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport

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(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely

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to get tired of waiting

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support; backing; patronage

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draw (in competition); tie game

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space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

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an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable

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