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long sword; minute hand (of a clock)

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affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

2

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

2

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

1

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

2

slash; slashing attack

1

to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

2

dull sound; muffled sound

1

even though things may appear this way

1

(theatrical) fighting scene

1

skill; dexterity; master hand

1

worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

1

passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger

1

incident; affair; happening; event

3

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

if you do this; if this is the case

1

reserved seat

1

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

5

weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight

1

war; battle; match; game; competition

1

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

1

to break; to smash

4

to aim at

1

to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

2

scratch; graze; abrasion

1

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

2

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

3

posture; stance

2

without a moment's delay

3

not bad; not half bad; pretty good

1

to cut down; to chop down; to fell

1

authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition

2

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

3

sand; grit

8

sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them

1

crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

1

head-butting; head-butt

3

screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation

1

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

tactics; strategy

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

2

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

1

splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

1

frontal attack

1

handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)

2

to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

1

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

2

to fall flat; to fall face down

2

every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person

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