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endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

4

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

26

right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right

6

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

5

to thrust before; to thrust at

4

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

11

enshrinement

1

perception; sensing; noticing

2

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

9

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)

1

substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)

1

to communicate

1

window

6

hey; say; look

1

transactions; dealings; business

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

3

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

4

contradiction; inconsistency

1

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

9

to grind up; to grind down; to pound; to crush; to mash; to stamp (ore)

1

acceleration; speeding up

18

power; might; authority; influence

7

to sit down; to take a seat

2

swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

1

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

3

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

4

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

7

to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

5

steel; steal (baseball, basketball); still (picture)

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

to jar; to creak; to grate

3

and then; after that

2

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

4

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

2

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

5

fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

2

waste of time

1

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

1

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

1

bull's-eye; the mark

1

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

1

means; way; measure

1

to choose; to select

29

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

3

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

6

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

5