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swordsmanship

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to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

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firing; discharge of gun

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frail; flimsy; insubstantial; insignificant; lacking gravitas

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upper limit; supremum

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sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)

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best in the world

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to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far

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book; volume

2

harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady

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to tear up and throw away

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(a) little; somewhat; somehow

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deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard

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surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture; (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility

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afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

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every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

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other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

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

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galloping around on a horse; running around; making every effort (to do); exerting oneself

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to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick

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troubled face; worried expression

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to continue to rain or snow

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to brush off; to shake off

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to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

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business; trade; operations; sales

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stifled (laughter); simmering

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to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

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something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein

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counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

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couple

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to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

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history book

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publication

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each country; every country; various countries; all countries

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

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annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out

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pouring all one's efforts into a single issue (goal, etc.); focusing entirely on one objective; single-minded approach; concentrated all-out effort; targeted strike

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enemy army

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troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)

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male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute

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prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

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pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts

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groundless rumor (rumour)

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marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse

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to make an appeal; to urge

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historian

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soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light

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earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land

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