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Hendrick

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Brewer

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Moritz

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malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

1

reformer

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Protestant

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near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person

1

under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)

1

inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem

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maidservant; housemaid; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady; (arch.) lady

1

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

1

Asakusa

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to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

1

Luis Sotelo

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release (from prison)

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Date Masamune (1567.9.5-1636.6.27)

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to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

1

Hasekura Tsunenaga

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Sotelo

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Ookubo Tadachika

3

Konchiin Suuden (Zen priest and Ieyasu's advisor)

2

Suuden

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prospectus

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stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm

1

enemy of Buddhism

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bias; eccentricity; obstinacy

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sadness and gloom

3

to consent; to allow; to accept; to agree

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to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

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to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock

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to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

1

naked body; nudity

1

bleaching; soaking; bleached cotton (esp. wrapped around the torso); doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (Edo-period punishment)

1

prostitute; harlot

1

dry riverbed; river beach

2

to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...

1

settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)

1

to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind

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expellee; purgee; exile

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to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage

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strict guard

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returning

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exception

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ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

1

battle formation; battle array; lineup (of a team, etc.); cast; staff

1

brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

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torture

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inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to

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intruder; infiltrator

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Flores (Guatemala)

5