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global maximum; greatest value

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

3

stroke of sword

1

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

1

to finish speaking

1

flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

1

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

1

bridge of nose

1

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

3

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

3

to maintain; to continue to have

1

antiquity; the previous era

1

to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out

4

you (plural)

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

4

despondency

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

3

mother

5

hero; great man

2

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

4

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

2

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

3

character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

1

to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)

2

first generation; founder

2

gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)

3

famous sword; excellent sword

1

exploration; expedition

3

as soon as; right after

1

treasured sword

1

to steal (from a person)

1

same name; homonym

1

descendant; posterity; offspring

1

denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation

5

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

3

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

3

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

2

loveable; very likeable; like very much

1

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

1

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

3

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

3

very great; enormous; serious

1

broken; intermittent; disconnected

1

remembrance; recollection; recognition

4

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

2

cheerful (look); healthy (complexion)

1

cold light; luminescence

2

to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to

1

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

4