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(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

8

light blue; pale blue

1

slash; slashing attack

6

to fear; to be afraid of

5

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

2

curve

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

2

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

1

high in the sky

1

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

3

top; summit; vertex

2

to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)

1

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

2

technique; art; skill; move

62

scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

2

to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip

1

from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado

1

because of; owing to; due to

1

bipartite; in two parts; double

10

as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

1

fierce animal; beast of prey; big game

1

one; one

3

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

2

mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

1

to smash; to crush

2

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

2

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

1

downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo

1

to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled

1

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

1

seventy; 70

2

history

2

rare; extraordinary; singular

1

to run about; to rush about

1

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

1

average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually

1

granted that; even if; even though

1

to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

1

beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition

2

following year

1

emperor (of Japan); mikado

13

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

3

letter of invitation; letter of recommendation; reference

2

already; now; no longer; not any more

5

fourth

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three and eight; Arisaka Type 38 rifle

2

March; third month of the lunar calendar

4

before god; before an altar

2

one year and a half

3

devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

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