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to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

2

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

1

bungalow; one-story house

1

practice; practising; training; study

1

to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

1

thick; dense; luxuriant

1

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

1

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

2

thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill

2

wooden sword

6

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

3

definiteness; certainty

1

reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong

1

to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight

1

vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

1

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

1

wrinkle; crease; ripple

1

the eighties (age, years, etc.)

1

instructor; (fencing) teacher; model

1

manners; courtesy; etiquette

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

1

cake served with tea; teacake

1

living room (Western style); sitting room

3

to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

2

rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent

1

to blow through; to blow across

1

lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

1

urgency; imminence

1

jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)

1

handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

1

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

1

continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; follow-through (e.g. in archery); lingering affection; attachment

1

assailant; marauder

1

assistant instructor

1

cut; gash; incision

1

strong; hard; manly

1

throw; throwing; throwing event

4

to shake one's head (in denial)

1

garden lantern; hanging lantern

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough

1

hawk; falcon

1

iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)

2

lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily

1

to swim

1

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

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

2

to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

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