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Even at the end of the nineteenth century, sailors in the British Navy were not permitted to use knives and forks because using them was considered a sign of weakness.
19世紀末でも、イギリス海軍の船員は、そうすることが弱さの印だという理由で、ナイフとフォークを使うことを許されていなかった。  

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