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incoming telegram

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natural history museum

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material (data) for one's research; research material

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Jules Verne

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Berunu

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: A Tour of the Underwater World (1870 novel by Jules Verne)

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to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

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case fatality rate

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chytridiomycosis (fatal infectious disease of amphibians)

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to bury in the ground

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countermeasure; counter-measure

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announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release

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immunity

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Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration

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Vasco da Gamma

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Magellan

2

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

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to bring someone along

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vassal; retainer

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mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)

2

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

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touch; contact

3

musket

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

5

helical; spiral-shaped

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cavity

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thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

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Society of Jesus; Jesuits

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religious mission; religious proclamation

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Catholicism

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to backfire; to have a harmful result

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Anjirō (first recorded Japanese Christian); Yajirō; Paulo de Santa Fé

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characteristic; feature; special quality

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to answer a question

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telescope

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glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

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proposal; offer; request; application

2

Japanese-style room

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Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536-1565), Shougun 1545-1565

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having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)

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official letter (from the Emperor, Prime Minister, etc.); personal message; handwritten letter; autograph letter

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

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realism; literalism

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unification of the written and spoken forms of a language

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Charter Oath (of the Meiji Emperor); Five-Point Imperial Covenant; Imperial Oath of Five Articles

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bad habit; evil custom; harmful practice

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the gods of heaven and earth

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principle of excluding foreigners (late Edo period)

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to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

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