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strength needed to pull back a bow

2

to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

2

solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

3

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

2

inside; interior; inner part

6

diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)

5

rivet on a sword hilt

3

months and years

1

cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning

1

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

3

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

1

wooden hammer; wooden mallet

1

command post

2

rear garden; back yard

2

north side; north bank

2

to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

1

to wait upon; to serve

1

shortest

1

to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile

2

to take (be in) charge of

2

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

7

to bust down a door; to break a door open

3

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

4

fumbling; groping

3

metallic taste; taste of iron

1

lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)

2

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

4

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

2

slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly

1

candlestick; candlestand

1

illumination; lighting

1

friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides

3

fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen

1

to wrap up

1

bruise; contusion

1

being on one's back

1

reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

1

multiplication; synergism

1

to kick over; to kick down

2

to welter in blood; to be covered in blood

1

just now; right now; at this moment

2

more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage

2

chain mail (armor, armour)

1

to pieces; into shreds

4

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

1

enemy

3

puddle of blood; pool of blood

2

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

1

beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms

4

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

5