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borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

3

innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart

16

slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder

1

imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective

2

if; in case

1

to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

1

craving; longing; thirsting

1

to drop; to let fall; to omit

1

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

1

to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon

1

these

2

index finger; forefinger; second toe

1

great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

1

to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)

4

bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick

2

demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance

1

to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

1

being alive

1

shedding tears

2

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

2

to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head

1

to congratulate; to celebrate

1

news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements

1

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

1

luckily

1

white-coloured skin; vitiligo; leucoderma; leukoderma

1

to extol; to give praise

4

unbiasedness; objectivity

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

1

one's house; one's home; one's family

1

to scan; to look over

1

palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards

3

rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off

9

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

1

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

2

certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

1

surprise attack

1

surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play

1

transparency

2

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

2

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

1

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

1

blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank

1

death; passing

1

three generations; three periods; third generation

1

twentieth century

1

wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis

1

seven

1

six; 6

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