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fault; defect; minor; 5-point card; short

3

pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

1

playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness

1

Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

1

war movie

1

to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)

1

to collide; to clash

1

to cross swords (with)

3

locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition

3

holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance)

1

with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by

6

swordsmanship; line drawn by the tip of a sword when slashing

2

oneself; myself

2

at will

1

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

2

point of a sword

3

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

4

to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

1

to cut at; to slash at

2

feint

3

sword strike; sword slash

1

overhand grip

2

showy; ostentatious

3

panel

1

remaining quantity; residual quantity

6

dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove

2

upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor

2

cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

1

driving; pounding in; falling badly in love; putting (one's heart) into; step recording (in electronic or computer music)

3

without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

1

thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

2

fist fight

2

violent

1

mist; haze

1

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

1

liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets; bisexuality; player who can play as both pitcher and fielder; dual sword wielding; two-sword fencing

3

hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)

2

bourgeois

2

daruma otoshi; toy consisting of vertically stacked wooden blocks that must be knocked away without letting the daruma doll on top fall to the ground

1

to stagger; to stumble

1

to do

4

sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease

1

destination (one is heading towards); goal

4

where to?; whither?

1

Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx); River of Three Crossings

1

good night

1

balance ball; exercise ball; Swiss ball

1

to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

2