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adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

2

shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard

4

Kuki Yoshitaka

6

cooperation; collaboration

10

(wind or human-powered) warship

1

building; construction

8

engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson

1

migration; immigration

1

large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods

1

padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century); Christianity; Christian

4

inspection; examination; survey

1

galleon

16

Sendai (city in Miyagi)

2

Date Masamune (1567.9.5-1636.6.27)

19

Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

3

dispatching to Europe (e.g. an envoy); sending to Europe

1

envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission

1

Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

1

early (days); initial stage; initial

1

to recall; to remember; to recollect

10

plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

5

structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling

2

construction work

7

(within a) territory; domains

10

vigilance committee; vigilante corps

1

emergency

1

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

10

inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim

1

Norimune

1

Atago Shrine

1

dedication; offering; presentation; oblation

1

temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami

1

believer; devotee; follower; adherent; convert; disciple

1

shedding tears

1

comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice

2

coordinator; coordinating role

1

to volunteer; to undertake a challenge

1

function; facility; faculty; feature

2

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

6

not caring; not giving a damn

3

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

6

thirteen; 13; king (playing card)

1

advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit

1

special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu

1

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

2

nine; 9

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

12

not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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