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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

3

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

3

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

7

strategy; tactics

14

foundation; root; basis; root and trunk

1

Ignatius of Loyola; Saint Ignatius of Loyola

1

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

1

every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world

1

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

6

Jerusalem

1

Crusades; Crusaders

2

placement; fixed position; mapping out; location

1

armed forces; military; troops

2

practical use; application; conjugation; inflection

2

ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law

1

twenty-five

5

pyramid-style; pyramid-shaped

1

class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy

2

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

3

geometric progression; proliferation; multiplying like rats

1

colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)

3

acquisition; possession

4

political measures; policy

2

political

1

economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal

3

support; backing; aid; assistance

7

Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration

2

uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)

2

European (person)

1

Catholicism

1

posterity; future life; life to come

2

creed; belief; conviction; article of faith

1

kingdom; monarchy

1

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

7

to put into effect; to put into practice

1

heart

1

to break; to smash

2

Jesuit

1

handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation

2

together; at the same time; same; identical

2

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

2

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

2

disappointment; despair

2

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

6

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

2

introduction; presentation; referral; listing

9

Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)

2

proud

1

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

2

elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

5