dower

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Three daughters were being married, he didn't have money to buy dower.
三個女兒快要出嫁了，他為沒有錢給她們買嫁妝而難過。
"When you look at Japan in the modern world, since Perry, the country has pulled together in quite remarkable ways in many decisive moments," Dower said.
從近代世界看日本，從佩林開始，日本這個國家在許多決定性的時刻，在很多方面都能團結(jié)一致。
He always intended to manumit those of his slaves who were his own to free (as opposed to the “dower slaves” from his wife’s estate) and he did free them in his will.
他一直打算釋放自己的奴隸（不能從妻子財產(chǎn)里解放“陪嫁奴隸”），后來在遺囑中確實這樣做了。

When the fighting is finished, history is written, inevitably by those in power, observes Mr Dower.
ECONOMIST: A timely meditation on shaping narratives of the past
For a solution, Mr Dower looks to the 20th-century views of E.
ECONOMIST: A timely meditation on shaping narratives of the past
Even Germany and even Japan, Dower notes, experienced periods of parliamentary politics, if not outright democracy, during the century prior to World War II.
MSN: An occupation without precedent

a share of a man's money and property that belongs to his widow (= wife) after he dies