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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

2

looking pale; looking unwell

2

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

2

chink in the armor (armour)

2

main cause; primary factor

1

Japanese (people, language, style)

1

ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

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fragment; one of the group or party

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quitting while one is ahead

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to pieces; into shreds

2

as you want; as you will

4

in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data

3

rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks

1

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

1

will not do; do not; does not

5

anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death

1

pistol; handgun; revolver

5

(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection

1

all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims

1

It's a piece of cake; It's a simple task; It's a cinch

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

4

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

3

fate; destiny

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

hurt; injured

1

to take over; to hand over

1

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

3

if you do this; if this is the case

4

volley firing; fusillade; broadside

1

roger; understood; OK

1

fire

1

mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

1

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

1

to stop talking; to be silent

1

dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty

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deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)

2

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

2

manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure

1

capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

1

otherwise; or else; if not

1

what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

3

bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac

1

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

3

what on Earth is this?

2

gunpowder; powder

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as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

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well done!; bravo

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mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

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victim

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