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treasured sword

1

favorite sword; cherished sword

2

ashtray

1

extravagance; luxury

2

one by one; one at a time; in turn

6

internal pressure

2

deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)

1

infinity

1

standing at attention

1

under the floor

1

attic; loft

1

to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation

1

order; command; life; destiny; fate

3

(bowing and) greeting; (arch.) declining; (arch.) refusing

2

from outside; from the side

1

to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away

4

to point upward; to look upward; to improve

3

prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)

1

hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)

1

to pass on an order; to pass the word

1

government business

1

(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

1

one's later years; final years (in life)

1

resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness

2

rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft

1

portrait; likeness

4

agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

2

physique; bodily build

3

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

2

to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard

3

vise; jack; capstan

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

3

admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

2

other; another; over; more than; I; me

16

to govern; to manage; to subdue

4

declaration of war; proclamation of war

1

you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

3

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

1

your body; your health; yourself; you

1

patient; persevering

2

pity; compassion

3

act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

3

to be led by; to be headed by

1

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

1

nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious

2

(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality

2

as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

2

admiration; being impressed (by)

2

opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable

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