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being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)

5

knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting

2

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

1

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

4

second in command (of an army); vice-captain; fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

13

record keeper; recorder; archivist

1

judge; selector

1

general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate

23

to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow

1

archer; shooter; bowman

4

Chiba (city, prefecture)

1

boxing

1

man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

1

Enoki

1

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

1

market; fair

1

runner; base runner

1

field of bamboo grass

1

individual match; single game

1

ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)

9

fundamental; basic

1

tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)

6

to make somebody lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish

1

to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone

2

horseman; rider; jockey

29

helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

14

winner; victor

4

disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

5

falling from a horse

4

subtracting points; points deducted

4

calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

7

points (already) allotted to one; points (already) gained (in earlier rounds)

2

addition; adding; supplement

1

two; 2

2

naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

1

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

1

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

8

to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard

2

rather than

1

looking like a ...; acting as if a ...

2

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

1

auditory hallucination

3

strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

1

conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk

2

know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look

1

killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

1

bahaha; bwahaha

3

fundamental; basic

1

readiness to cooperate; framework for cooperation

1

ten times; tenfold

1