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Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

10

stepping back; drawing back

2

(hand) towel

1

to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be

1

incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength

1

have-nots

1

in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater

1

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

1

umpire; referee

3

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

1

rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling

2

sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)

1

to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance

1

half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)

3

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

1

footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)

4

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

5

reply; answer

1

spare time; free time; leisure time

1

blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)

2

to run through; to run past

1

gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

1

to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)

2

locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition

5

only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be

1

variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse

1

technique; finesse

1

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

1

to force back; to jostle

3

to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

6

to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty

1

fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely

2

to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger

1

demodulation; recovery; getting back to form

3

clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)

1

to dance

1

telling blow

2

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

1

comfortable; pleasant

2

too much; excessive; too

1

that is to say; so that means

3

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

1

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

1

concussion (of the brain)

1

end of a match; end of a game

1

etiquette; courtesy; manners

1

to plane off the corners

1

to polish one's skills

1

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

2

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

2