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shellfish; seashell; shell

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ammonite (extinct spiral shelled cephalopod)

3

chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)

1

to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus

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to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed

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mochi rice cake with red bean jam filling; mochi rice cake covered in red bean jam

15

counter for horsemen

3

practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai

4

rapier

5

to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)

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the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery

3

to take (be in) charge of

4

historical fact

1

nobility; aristocracy; peerage

1

duel; shoot-out

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thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest

2

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

3

vertical line; vertical bar (symbol); bar line

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horizontal line

1

one month

3

battery; battery (pitcher and catcher)

1

cover; lid; cap

2

that is to say; so that means

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reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

3

form; foam

2

making do; getting by (somehow); managing

2

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

1

boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

1

privilege; special right

2

to be damaged; to receive damage

1

to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire

8

hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho

1

boisterous dance; dancing wildly

1

haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste

2

to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way

1

to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up

1

side of the face; side

2

to guess; to estimate

1

tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so

1

rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

1

superficial; half-hearted; shallow

1

to catch (a wild animal or fish); to capture; to hunt; to win (a title, prize, etc.); to conquer

1

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

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one round; one tour; one circuit; one patrol

1

to become settled; to be fixed

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ten (long cylindrical things)

2

redundancy; superfluity; useless addition

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-like

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