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religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

3

nature; property; disposition

1

missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism

12

background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge

1

consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care

1

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada (1621-1638)

1

cross; cruciform

1

persecution; oppression

3

exploration; expedition

1

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

6

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

3

dark reddish-brown; liver color

1

(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask

4

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

1

to have an interest (in)

1

musical instrument

2

transverse flute (e.g. a fife)

2

large drum; bass drum

1

small drum

1

biwa (Japanese lute)

2

tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice

3

traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

2

small double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku (made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below)

2

piano

1

carving; engraving; sculpture

10

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

2

statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image

2

(stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine

2

artist

2

katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

8

hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

1

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)

1

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

1

tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

1

hanging scroll

1

mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers); landscape picture; mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain; garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond

1

to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

1

to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon

4

precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

4

omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

1

brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship

1

wonderful; splendid; magnificent

10

manners; courtesy; etiquette

4

good-quality; superior in quality

1

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

8

love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

5

construction; architecture (of buildings)

5

Athens (Greece)

4

it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...

3

religious mission; religious proclamation

3