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Beato

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photography

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Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)

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district of a town; city block (of irregular size)

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branch office; branch store

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hot-tempered person

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stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone

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Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

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pestle

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peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky

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to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen

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selection; choice; choosing; picking; election

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sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)

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Perry; Peli; Pelly; Perri

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arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

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national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

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cocoon

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to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

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counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.

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steamship; steamboat; steamer

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large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)

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exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

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forced; compulsory

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Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

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Netherlands; Holland

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limit; restriction

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trade; commerce

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opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade

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following year

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residence; abode; dwelling

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governments of various nations of the world

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bakufu; shogunate

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order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

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treaty of commerce

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self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy

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guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

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memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum

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conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)

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shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited

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countries all over the world; all the countries of the world

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commencing with; including

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Izushimoda

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having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

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farmer; farming family; farmhouse

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youngest child

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the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)

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the times

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hanger-on; dependent; someone who is received coldly; third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)

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tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

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