management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
Iwami Silver Mine (Shimane Prefecture)
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
(Catholic) church; cathedral
Society of Jesus; Jesuits
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
imperial lands; shogun's demesne
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
the West; the Occident; Western countries
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
tall building; high-rise building
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
fortress; stronghold; citadel
early (days); initial stage; initial
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
almost; roughly; approximately
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
main force; chief object; mainline