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the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

1

left shoulder

6

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

2

instant death

1

blow; hit; stroke

1

one revolution; one rotation

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

1

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

3

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

3

a throw; a fall

2

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

2

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

11

ground; earth's surface

15

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

2

joint (knee, elbow, etc.)

7

to grasp the important points; to hit the right points

1

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

3

stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

3

much less; to say nothing of

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

4

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

6

creak; squeak; creaking sound

2

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

4

to jar; to creak; to grate

1

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

1

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

4

right shoulder

1

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

2

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

1

unanticipated; unexpected

3

smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious

1

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

1

hand used like a sword in striking

4

(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

3

eardrum; tympanic membrane

2

shaking violently

1

to fall on one's backside

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

2

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

5

to rise; to erect; to get up

3

slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly

1

fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern

2

to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

1

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

1

with a half-opened eye

1

to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

2

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

4

one hand

2

overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

3

to jump at; to be attracted by

2