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outward appearance

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no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents

1

gun; cannon; artillery

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direct hit

1

alloy

1

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

1

storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting

1

fort; stronghold; fortification

1

destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe

4

bright; intelligent

1

machine gun

3

members; member; constituent

4

while passing each other

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blow; hit; stroke

2

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

1

third day of the month; three days

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(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

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iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)

1

flash; brandish

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

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half day

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to find out; to discover; to locate

2

very easily

1

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

2

intelligence gathering; information gathering

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principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

1

weight (for scales); counterweight

1

with a whoosh; with a swish; with a whirl; whizzing by

1

much less; to say nothing of

1

Japan's best; number one in Japan

2

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

in one's own way or style

1

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

1

doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation

1

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1

nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

1

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

1

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

1

is not; am not; are not

1

et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance

3

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

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title; name; degree

2

massing (of troops); gathering

2

location famous for production of something (usually food)

1

critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation

1

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

4

apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock

2

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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pair; the two; both persons; both things

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