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great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

2

to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill

4

hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength

1

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

2

ancestor

2

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

1

God

16

to pray; to wish

6

Manila (Philippines)

3

Oomura Sumitada (1532-1587)

3

Ootomo Sourin

7

Arima Harunobu (?-1612)

4

Christian daimyō

10

producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other

1

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

1

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

5

religion; cult

6

entering a faith; joining a religion

6

padre

1

priest; minister; pastor

1

layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity

3

wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity

2

property; fortune; assets

2

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

3

heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth

1

Creator

1

sincere; earnest; serious

1

(articles) imported to Japan by early European traders

1

to obtain; to procure

1

Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet

1

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

3

motive; incentive; motif

1

strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough

2

order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations

1

regulation; control

2

speech and conduct; words and deeds

3

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

4

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

1

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

3

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

8

propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work

1

the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

2

various countries; various regions; various provinces

7

colonization; colonisation

1

vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde

1

crossing the sea

1

Zipangu (the name for Japan used by Marco Polo)

1

castle construction; building a castle; fortification

4

river management; river improvement; flood control

1