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by harisenbon 3750 days ago
You are mostly correct, it is one of the more interesting things about Japanese that the context outweighs the use of the word in many situations.

That being said, there are a number of words that are NEVER appropriate out of starting a fight. Probably not as many as English, but I can think of about 20 or so off the top of my head.