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faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

1

turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura

4

to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

1

everywhere; all over; throughout

1

to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

2

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

3

shore; bank (of a body of water)

1

to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)

2

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

1

to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

1

stray bullet

1

stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

1

firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship

3

shaking; swaying

1

in the fog

2

magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

2

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

2

to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

1

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

3

left; left hand side

6

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

2

completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

1

stab; thrust; lunge

1

to kick over; to kick down

2

groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)

3

in the meanwhile; during the time

2

drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice

1

rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

2

bare earth; ground

2

successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

2

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

1

to kill; to choke the life out of

2

unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

2

(not so) much; (not) very

1

vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

3

accidental; incidental; occasional; casual

1

to knock down; to knock off

2

with all one's strength; with all one's might

1

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

5

vocal sound; tone of voice

1

merry; joyful; gleeful

1

blood content; blood borne; within the blood

1

to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)

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