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Martial arts

strike (kendo)

reentry

military conflict; armed conflict

central breakthrough

being on stage without respite; performing continuously

staying out the entire time; being in attendance continuously (e.g. at a meeting)

recklessness; foolhardiness

to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow

to push (someone) around; to shove around; to treat roughly; to bully

chimney sweeping (cleaning)

to sit knee to knee (with); to sit opposite each other; to have a congenial talk; to have a candid discussion

to poke around

hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock

to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the bush

Idiomatic expression

to nitpick; to complain about trifles

prop; support

to pelt down (of rain); to pour

pelting rain; pouring rain; driving rain; downpour

military clash; military conflict; military confrontation

stubbornness; pigheaded person

miser

rough scolding; upbraiding; tongue-lashing; dressing-down

going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness

to boil with rage; to be infuriated

Shinto

Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)

to advance a pawn