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stillness; quiet; peacefulness

9

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

9

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

11

India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot

2

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

2

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

72

Matsura Seizan

4

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

63

secret; private; surreptitious

2

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

81

repair; improvement

1

foreign ship (esp. of Spanish and Portuguese ships arriving from the south prior to the Edo period)

1

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

12

ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

62

to order; to command; to appoint

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

103

duty; role; function

1

state prohibition

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

1

foreign country

1

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

23

trade; commerce

2

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

1

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

14

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

22

wild goose; glans; head of a penis

5

two; 2

5

nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

8

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

8

ago; since; before; previous

1

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

8

acquaintance

1

be; is

1

however; but

3

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

2

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

32

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

3

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

8

one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

1

firm; trading company

1

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

1

letter of introduction

5

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

3

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

2

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

2

stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance

1

raid; assault; descent

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

immediately following

1