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famous sword; excellent sword

1

sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

1

swordsman; swordswoman; fencer

77

exquisite skill; wonderful performance

1

to give a round of applause; to applaud

1

breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening

1

to bring back

7

every direction

10

distance; perspective; far and near; here and there

1

to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!

1

to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

1

established practice; custom

1

incompetent; have no merit

1

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

12

with all one's strength; with all one's might

6

poor; lame; ill-prepared

4

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

2

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

6

offensive ability

8

head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest

6

stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling

4

just above; right overhead

4

one-by-one; separately; in detail

12

creation; generation; formation; derivation

4

(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

16

weight; sinker (fishing)

2

(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

4

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

5

several years standing; over several years

1

stiff neck; stiff shoulders

2

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

2

it's easier said than done; (lit.) saying is easy; doing is hard

1

lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means

2

offense; offence; method of attack

4

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

12

for one's age

1

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

6

thin paper

1

fighting spirit; (will to) fight

2

good-natured old man

3

senility; dotage; decrepitude

2

group; bunch; crowd; group

26

orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course

17

irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly

5

nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging

9

full speed

5

to blank out; to panic

5

time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season

6

to exchange gunfire; to exchange shots

2

payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

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