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crew

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stopping at a port

2

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

1

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien

1

to turn towards; to point

3

founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

1

expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan

1

thought; idea; ideology

1

one cause; one reason; one factor

4

death toll; number of deaths; body count

11

Japan and Qing China

2

Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese

2

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

9

people; populace; masses

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

1

uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot

1

private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

1

curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)

2

divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)

1

wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

3

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

3

fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical

2

remains; corpse; body

1

Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

2

Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

1

catching and killing

1

Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax; extinct)

1

capture; seizure

6

distemper

1

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

1

Meiji Restoration (1868)

2

barrier; checkpoint; checking station

1

abolition; repeal

4

repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)

3

armed forces; military; troops

7

outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence

2

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

3

ordinary citizen; the general public

1

to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound

2

main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist

1

uniformity; equality

1

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

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anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago

1

Peloponnesian War

1

Athens (Greece)

3

leader (of an alliance); leading power

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Delian League (the Athenian empire)

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Sparta

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to play a leading role; to play a central part

2