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(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

3

bright red; bright

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to blaze; to burn brightly

3

unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous

2

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

to become complicated

1

maze; labyrinth; inner ear

1

scout; patrol; spy

1

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

1

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

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parent and child

3

king

5

side; flank

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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

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to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying

1

pursuer; pursuing party; posse

1

evacuation site; exposure; refuge shelter; shelter

1

one's way; one's path

4

way out; means of escape

1

iron ball

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants

1

lively motion; throb

2

to jump from one thing to another

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to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

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classical form of martial art

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to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

8

fire; flame; blaze

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sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

1

gambling den; gambling house

1

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

2

millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

2

ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual

1

fireworks

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as (for); for; in the capacity of

2

another person; others

1

ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)

1

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

1

clear; distinct

1

vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude

1

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

3

marriage; matrimony

1

17; seventeen

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

1

repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring

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site; point on a map; spot

2

semicircle

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

2

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

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liquorice; licorice

2

ministries and government offices; the authorities

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