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little by little

2

shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

1

science and technology; scientific technique

1

multistoried building

1

eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)

1

island country

2

way of life

1

preferential

1

emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant

3

right (to do something); authority; power

1

delivery; issuance; handing over; granting

1

furthermore; even more

2

you; my dear; hey

3

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

2

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai

10

Ito

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Miyamoto

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Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

2

500; five hundred; many

11

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

4

comic books; comics; comic; comical

2

young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower

1

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

5

pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred

1

history

2

detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)

2

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

1

warmonger; warmaker

1

to beat to death; to kill

4

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

3

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

2

to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

1

how; in what way; by what means

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so much; so; like that

3

one week

3

great swordsman; master fencer

2

to kill one's enemy (opponent)

2

role-playing game; RPG

1

scarecrow; figurehead; dummy

1

in the same way as; just like

8

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

4

to take by surprise

1

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

1

sail

1

escape; getaway; evasion

1

to hit and break open; to crush; to smash

1

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

1

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

1

to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

1