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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture

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Ainu

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blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

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Kingdom of Thailand

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Yamada Nagamasa

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Ruson Sukezaemon

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Annam (old name for Vietnam)

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princess

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red seal

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shipowner

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Araki Soutarou

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Yahyoue

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confrontation; showdown

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Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

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plain; plateau; tableland

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firm; trading company

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closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

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to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic

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West European countries

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

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Christian daimyō

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Ootomo Sourin

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Oomura Sumitada (1532-1587)

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Arima Harunobu (?-1612)

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Itō

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Miguel

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Julian; Julien; Jullian; Jurian

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Pope

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early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian

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courtesy; show of respect

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Rome

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Pope

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Gregorius

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official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)

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chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

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Society of Jesus; Jesuits

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Valignano

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tea room; tea ceremony

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Sourin

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difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

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dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)

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to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

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theology

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so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

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which; what (way)

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to shed tears

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