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to bend; to warp; to lose heart

4

to have a narrow escape from death

1

field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)

1

vedana (sensation)

2

waste; uselessness; redundance

1

talk; story; conversation

1

direct descent; direct line

1

sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

1

determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)

1

(being angry) like a blazing fire; burning (rage)

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

3

to touch the vital point

1

finishing in one go; completing in one sitting; (doing something) in a single breath

1

wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly

1

discernment; insight

4

frankness; impulsiveness

1

foolish answer; stupid answer; one's answer

1

degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size

1

line

1

brigade

1

to wander from place to place; to change jobs

1

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

2

to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter

4

eye of a needle

2

(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter

3

to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself

1

to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around

1

severe; hard

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to mislead; to misguide; to do accidentally; to do by mistake

4

to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

1

fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

1

technical side

2

standard value; reference value; nominal value

2

provisional; temporary; tentative; interim

1

to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

1

murder of one's master; murderer of his master

1

peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times

2

other; another; over; more than; I; me

1

fatal situation

1

(starting) from nothing; from scratch

2

bloody wind; wind carrying the stench of blood from a battle

2

ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

1

(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)

1

fatherly master

1

stroke of sword

3

excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person

1

stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands

1

beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); (arch.) assistance; (arch.) help

4

individually; separately

1