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Nagasaki Naval Training Center (est. 1855 at the entrance to Dejima)

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reclaimed land

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Odawarachō

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

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by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all

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meteorology

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meteorological observatory

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latter half of one's life

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studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)

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to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

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uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

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Seongnam (South Korea)

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war advocacy; jingoism; bellicose argument

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Kogorou

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coward; wimp

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first meeting; first interview with

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colonel; (navy) captain

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

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(within a) territory; domains

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displacement (e.g. of a ship); volume of wastewater

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armament

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war and peace; (making) peace; cessation of hostilities; reconciliation

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saying something many times

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to be beneficial to; to be efficacious

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control; supervision

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assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

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north coast; north bank

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sand dune; sand hill

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powerful family; powerful clan

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castle site; ruins of a castle

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hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

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view; vista; panorama; outlook; prospect

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Kitakamigawa

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foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

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Kashima

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Matsushima

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salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt); cooking a fish inside a salt crust; candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

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seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach

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long and large; tall and large; grand; huge

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coastline; shoreline; coastal railway

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practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar

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weak argument

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Juntarō

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large-scale

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imitation

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planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up

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French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman

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advisory body; think tank

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tactics

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large-scale maneuvers; large-scale manoeuvres; war games

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