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weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight

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war; battle; match; game; competition

1

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

1

to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand

4

to aim at

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

2

scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage

1

to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)

2

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

3

posture; position; stance

2

without a moment's delay; at once; immediately; instantly; promptly; without hesitation

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; fine gravel

8

sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; eye poke (in combat sports); eye-gouging

1

groin; thigh; crotch; 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

fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method

1

handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack

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

1

to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)

2

not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond

3

gasp; pant

3

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

2

to hug; to clasp to one's breast

3

intuition; instinct; hunch

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

2

graceful; neat

1

ho-ho

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bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

1

exit; way out; outlet; vent

1

surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

1

spinal reflex

1

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

1

prediction; estimation

2

with no regard to appearances; without caring about how one looks

1

to (prepare to) run away (from one's responsibilities, etc.)

1

to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict

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