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- 3. policy, The one-child policy was a population planning initiative in China, implemented from 1979 to 2015 (formally 1980–2015), which restricted most married couples to having only one child.
- 4. a hereditary commander in chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military power concentrated in his hands and the consequent weakness of the nominal head of state (the mikado or emperor), the shogun was generally the real ruler of the country until feudalism was abolished in 1867.
- 6. Zone, a designated geographic area where military forces, installations, and weapons are prohibited by treaty, armistice, or agreement between opposing nations.
- 7. an ancient Chinese ethical and philosophical system, founded by Confucius (Kong Fuzi), focused on achieving social harmony through moral cultivation.
- 8. the most important city or town of a country or region.
- 10. a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa.
- 12. the belief in the existence of a single, all-powerful, and supreme deity, often viewed as the creator and ruler of the universe.
- 13. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
- 14. a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels that are typically aimed at adults.
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- 1. a style of Japanese film and television animation typically aimed at adults as well as children.
- 2. the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animated the material universe.
- 5. Desert, a vast, cold-winter, arid region covering over 500,000 square miles across northern China and southern Mongolia.
- 7. wall of China, an ancient, 13,000-mile-long (over 21,000 km) series of fortifications, including walls, towers, and barriers, constructed across northern China to protect against nomadic invasions.
- 9. a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.
- 11. a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china.