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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

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red hair; (arch.) Westerner (esp. a Dutchman)

2

letter; note

1

reply; answer

1

magistrate; shogunate administrator

1

we

3

(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)

1

to suit the convenience of; to accommodate

1

but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

1

narrow; small; cramped

1

artificial island; man-made island

1

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

1

overseas; abroad

1

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

1

three generations; three periods; third generation

2

nostalgia; homesickness

1

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money

1

(not) even once; (not) ever

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

1

soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable

1

to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation

1

grandparents

1

the four seasons

1

homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country

1

invitation; introduction; temptation

1

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

1

distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness

1

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

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magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

1

just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

1

really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely

1

smuggling (during the Edo period); contraband

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by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency

3

sailor; seaman; mariner

4

government official

2

secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal; adultery; (extramarital) affair

2

report; information

2

load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

4

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

1

to deliver; to hand over; to transfer

1

silver coin

11

Spain

2

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

1

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

4

ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for

2

to hold (a ceremony); to perform

2

dealing with; coping with

1