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reinforcement

1

year before last

3

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

1

smuggling (people); stowing away

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Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)

2

island country

1

way; means

1

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

1

harbour

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Macao (China); Macau

1

United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain

1

we

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load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

3

to buy up

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

trade; commerce

1

market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market

1

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

4

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

Briton; Englishman

1

trading company

1

eight; 8

1

mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)

1

pact; convention; agreement

1

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

1

financing; raising funds

1

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

2

to come back

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sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

1

to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with

2

soft; supple; pliant

1

inquisitive (e.g. look); questioning; quizzical; interrogative

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

4

main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)

1

mist; haze

2

bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest

10

folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats

20

unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

3

while; during (the time when)

3

folding screen

4

rear garden; back yard

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to face on; to look out on to

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overbearing; unstable wrestling stance

1

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

2

shoji (paper sliding door)

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wind chime; wind bell

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sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

2

languid; weary; listless; melancholy

2

Lili; Lilli; Lily; Riri

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