jpdb beta

Drake

12

Magellan

1

to rank next to; to come after

1

round-the-world trip; circumnavigation; globe-trotting

1

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

4

to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

1

project

4

encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation

2

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

1

while; even though; despite

4

underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

1

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

1

international relations

1

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

1

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

4

April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

2

supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman

1

counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.

7

fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships

11

among these; between these; of these

1

royal family

6

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

2

(naval) fleet; armada

2

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

4

at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step

1

anchorage; anchoring; mooring

1

to hoist the national flag

1

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

1

easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

2

entry into port; arriving in harbor

2

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

1

capture; seizure; military capture of a foreign vessel; making a prize of

4

oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment

1

cookie; biscuit

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

1

Catholic Church

1

arson; setting fire

1

religious war

1

implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation

1

months (period of)

5

Azores (islands)

1

sun; saint; San (people); son

3

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

3

on the way back; returning

1

silk

2

fully loaded; full load; loaded condition

1

pound (unit of weight); pound (currency); pound sterling; pond

5

Takeda Isami

2

work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking

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