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mountain range

1

harvested rice field

3

to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

1

limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll

1

hair style; coiffure; hairdo

2

opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)

2

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

3

close-cropped hair; shaven head

1

wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool

1

plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off

1

general meeting

4

clapper

2

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

1

Yajirou

1

mountain range; mountain system

2

defeat; lost battle; losing a war

7

abortion; to be interrupted; to be discontinued; to be suspended

1

thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide

1

reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)

1

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

1

cradle (of civilisation, civilization, etc.); birthplace

1

cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting

4

prohibited religion

6

clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian

1

Jesus (Christ)

3

Judaism

1

ancient Rome

1

empire; imperial

5

(Catholic) order

1

sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation

1

Oomura Sumitada (1532-1587)

3

contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation

1

population of a fief

9

compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement

4

Rome

1

Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)

2

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

2

Pope

1

official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation

6

Spain

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

2

cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)

3

hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary

2

philanthropic activity; charity work

1

fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test

2

apostasy; renunciation (e.g. of a religion); defection

3

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

1

infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

1

mother and child

1

camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

1