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desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

5

diplomatic institution

1

right bank (of a river)

1

sunshine; sunlight

1

gun barrel

3

appearance and disappearance

1

sentiment; feeling

1

affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

2

left bank (of a river)

1

local commissioner (Kamakura or Muromachi eras); draw to find the theme for poetry session; composing poetry by lot

3

hypothetical or imaginary enemy

1

imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)

2

encouragement; urging

2

red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

5

to be opposite; to face each other

4

"dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed

1

to set fire (to)

3

Kitakyushu (city)

3

Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)

33

Imariwan

3

Higashimatsuura Peninsula

1

south-east

1

embayment; gulf; indentation

1

Italy

3

(air or sea) route; course; line; run

8

Hibisuidou

2

Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao

1

to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat

3

Portugal

1

variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions

1

influencing (a person) for good

1

Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)

3

Pope

1

position; location; base; point; site

1

even so; anyhow; at any rate

4

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

5

(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

1

Dutchman; Dutchwoman

3

limited; limiting; restrictive

1

right of residence (i.e. right to go on leasing a house, etc.)

1

town organization; town organisation; town administration

1

town elder (Edo period); town leader; alderman

2

comfortable; carefree

1

(arch.) birth parents; (arch.) birthplace; child; creation

1

water vapour; water vapor; steam

1

East China Sea

3

base (of operations)

9

Nagasaki prefecture (Kyushu)

2

government office; agency; board

2