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extreme; extremity

1

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

1

for this reason

5

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

11

outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle); the Japanese flag

1

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

2

racial

1

near; close by; within reach; familiar

2

schoolboy; male student

1

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

4

half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

1

mixed race; mixed parentage

3

Ainu people; the Ainu

1

being joined by land

2

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

1

scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

1

hybridization; crossing; mixing

1

Imperial Court

1

bakufu; shogunate

1

centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule

1

schoolgirl; female student

1

leading question

1

to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

4

to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant

1

state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

2

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

14

Ottoman Empire

1

trade; commerce

1

Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

1

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

1

independent state; independent nation

2

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

6

Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

1

feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

2

Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)

1

Enomoto Takeaki (1836.10.5-1908.10.27)

1

support; backing; aid; assistance

1

Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

1

republic; commonwealth

1

prosperity; thriving; flourishing

1

enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

2

derailment; digression; deviation

2

national border; provincial border

1

general idea; concept; notion

2

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

2

race (of people); type of person

1

existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling

1

Japan

1