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tactics

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acquisition; possession

3

battle; fight; combat

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evasion; avoidance

12

to survive

12

extinction; annihilation; destruction

2

to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)

4

rational

1

negotiations; discussions; connection

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harmony; reconciliation

2

one's mind

3

complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled

2

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

11

underground water

1

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

7

gushing out; welling up; springing up

1

contemplation; meditation

3

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

3

battle; game; bout

2

to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

3

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

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to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

1

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

2

approval; assent

2

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

1

clapping hands; applause

2

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

this is why; this means; it is the case that

1

fruit

1

to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe

1

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

2

to think of; to come up with

1

to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)

4

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

3

correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

1

precisely because

5

decision; determination; resolution

4

sincere; earnest; serious

6

portrait

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

2

reality; actuality; hard fact

8

compromise; giving in

4

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

10

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

4

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

2

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

9

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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