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point of a sword

2

self-admonition

2

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

3

skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)

1

to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

1

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

1

to brave a danger; to take a risk

1

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

2

noise; din

2

plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention

3

slaughter; massacre

1

long ago; a long time ago; already

2

to attract attention

1

dwelling; house; residence; address

1

area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)

1

to boast; to brag; to exaggerate

1

irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness

1

relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

1

whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

6

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

1

sound collection

1

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

1

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

1

that; the matter in question

1

consequence; causal relationship; nexus

1

presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

2

suggestion; hint; implication

3

murder scene

1

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

2

unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

1

one knee

1

attendant; companion

1

to do

1

(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

1

the place for; the time for; the level of

1

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

6

quarry; stone pit

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

mind and body

2

to sentence; to assign a penalty

1

grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

4

leadership; initiative; spearhead

1

to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell

1

kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

1

person of character

1

saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

1

sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

2

antiquity; ancient times

1

generation; lifetime; age

1

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

3