Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
Society of Jesus; Jesuits
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
rosary; string of prayer beads
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
handrail; railing; banister
pink (colour, color); peach
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
to peel; to skin; to pare
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
wood-block printing; publication
shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)