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Cape of Good Hope

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cape (on coast)

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to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed

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kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

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(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise

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foolish question

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to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing

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islands

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sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America

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gore; triangular piece of fabric, used for making skirts, umbrellas, etc.

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East Indies; East India

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(air or sea) route; course; line; run

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Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

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Macao (China); Macau

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favourable wind; favorable wind

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weather

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leaving everything up to someone else

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rainstorm; storm

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storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

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to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

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to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

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distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

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courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

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vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

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smiling face; smile

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to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise

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to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

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antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation

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one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past

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to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far

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admonition; commandment; sila (precept)

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chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

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Ōsumi (former province located in the east of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture, including the Amami Islands)

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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

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sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean

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service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)

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lukewarm; tepid; lenient

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to command; to order; to tell (to do); to appoint (to the post of)

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to employ; to engage

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completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

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language

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wave; ups and downs

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reply; answer

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in the face of; in defiance of

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Yangtze River (in China)

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resolution; vote; decision

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remote region; frontier (district); border(land)

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one's esteemed friend

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tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

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