Compilation
The Society of Jesus (commonly known as the Jesuits), with the cooperation of Japanese people, compiled the dictionary over several years. They intended it to serve the need of missionaries for language study and research. The Portuguese priest João Rodrigues is supposed to have been the main organizer of the project and its editor: having already published works like Arte da Lingoa de Iapam (Arte da Língua do Japão in modern Portuguese) and Arte breue da lingoa Iapoa (Arte breve da Língua Japonesa in modern Portuguese) explaining the Japanese language for missionaries, he was known among the Portuguese community as having the highest proficiency in Japanese.
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