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Nagamori

3

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

1

measurement; surveying

1

to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

1

end; close; conclusion; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

1

needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

1

to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

1

(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger

1

Bunroku era (1592.12.8-1596.10.27)

1

parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)

1

misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle

1

persistence; fortitude; indomitability

1

statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker

6

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

1

intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)

1

hysterical; hysteric

2

Cerqueira

12

Pages

2

lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly

1

Kogorou

1

library; book collection; paperback book

1

indispensable; essential; necessary

1

this area; around here

1

Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

8

imported; foreign-made

1

romanization (representation of foreign words using the Roman alphabet); romanized spelling

1

Japan and Portugal; Japanese-Portuguese

1

Rodrigues; Rodriguez

3

grammar

1

firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)

1

dancing; dance

3

the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives

2

kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)

2

spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese

1

dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication

1

to redraw (a line); to catch (a cold) again; to consult (a reference) again

1

Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet

3

to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

1

surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia

1

establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment

1

Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle

5

Kobayakawa Hideaki (1582-1602; military commander)

2

loss; forfeit

1

trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal

1

Fukushima (city, prefecture)

1

Asano

1

Katou Kiyomasa (1562-1611)

2

80000; many

1

Nagamasa

3

apostasy; renunciation (e.g. of a religion); defection

5