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wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)

3

to cut at; to slash at

3

random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by

1

attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

13

murder; homicide; manslaughter

2

(stabbing) through; (plunging) into

8

invisibility

1

duel

1

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

3

assassin

2

perception; sensing; noticing

3

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

time lag

1

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

2

to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)

1

foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

1

eyesight; seeing

3

to shake; to waver; to tremble

1

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

4

inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation

1

flame; blaze

4

to burn out

3

high temperature

1

to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)

2

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

2

electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking

2

slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating

1

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

4

change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack

2

solution; solution strategy

1

sailing; marching; going out; dispatch

1

(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion

2

breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough

1

to become desperate; to give in to despair

2

hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn

1

(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song

1

to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

1

to mow down

6

grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

1

preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit

1

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

1

to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

4

noh mask

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

2

easy; simple; plain

2

being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

2

to crawl out of; to creep out of

1

side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension

1

embroidery; sewing

1