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even though; despite; when

1

breakfast

3

thank you; thanks

5

to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move

2

skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

2

lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking

2

to straighten oneself

1

to get in touch with

1

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker

2

madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic

1

departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff

2

(in) one's absence

1

to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

3

to return; to come back

4

two o'clock

1

northeast

1

bank; coast; shore

2

horizon (related to bodies of water)

1

contiguous zone

2

Massu; Mathew

9

Perry; Perry, Matthew C. (1794-1858; American navy officer); Peri; Perri; Pelly; Peli

9

garrison; guards

3

captain (of a warship)

45

nineteen; 19

1

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

1

founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

1

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

2

admiral; commodore

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

1

warship; battleship

2

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer

1

neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)

1

(small) boat

5

departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail

4

sunlight; rays of the Sun

1

a little over; a little more than; strength; the strong; powerhouse; one of the biggest

1

ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman

7

full length; total length; overall length

4

metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge

10

pleasure boat; pleasure craft

1

fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity

3

guardship

2

building; construction

2

leader; central personage

1

this month

1

first third of a month; first ten days of a month

1

to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

3

advocacy of war

2