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giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

1

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

2

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

1

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

1

to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

1

neck of a horse

3

Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines; conspicuously; openly; completely; entirely

1

abrupt steering

1

flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance

1

to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)

12

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

3

storage of electricity

1

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

1

lack of innovation; stupidity

1

cough; coughing; tussis

1

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

2

posture; stance

2

preparing to flee; being ready to run away

1

(about) middle; midway

3

to settle (a dispute)

1

a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section

4

nunchaku (two linked fighting sticks); nunchak; nunchucks

1

to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

1

overhand grip

1

to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up

2

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

1

left side; left-hand side

2

lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

1

crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe

1

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

7

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

18

to stick into; to pierce; to run into

2

gulp; gulping

2

to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly

1

lung

2

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

1

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

3

instinctive; instinctual

1

protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm

2

fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child

1

popular name; common name; nickname; alias

1

hollow at nape of the neck; (arch.) toddler's shaved hairstyle leaving a small portion at the nape (esp. Edo period)

1

vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)

2

lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

shoulder blade; scapula

2

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

3

rib; rib cage

1

to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

5

complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow

1