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laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow

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special reward

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best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest

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morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

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sharp increase; sudden rise

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judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

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training; drill; practice; discipline

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fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely

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war situation; progress of a battle

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willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

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enemy general

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to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner

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to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

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(appropriate to) time, place, occasion

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line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)

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burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

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to look young; to seem young

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to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone

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embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication

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boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

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calm; composed; self-possessed; firm

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to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

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dress; outfit

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to cross swords (with)

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to slay; to cut down (a foe)

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half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)

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to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin

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serious crime; grave crime

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surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

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fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

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military man

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affectation; pretension

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to violate the law

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side of face

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

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transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination

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in unison; as one; united

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sense of urgency; feeling of high tension

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personal combat; one-to-one fight

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to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

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distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

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iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)

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to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

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single edge (e.g. sword blade)

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Falchion

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to cut at; to slash at

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light and darkness; light and shade

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protector (e.g. chest); guard

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gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream

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endlessly; ceaselessly

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