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Japanese: アマゾン

In Greek legend, a race of female warriors (plural: Amazones) who lived along the Black Sea coast. They mated with foreign men at certain times and gave birth to children, but castrated or killed the boys and raised only the girls. They were called Amazons (without breasts) because they cut off their right breasts to make it easier to shoot their bows. They rode on horseback and used bows, axes, spears, and special shields, and built cities throughout Ionia. During the Trojan War, Queen Penthesilea led troops to aid the Trojans, but was defeated by Achilles.
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Japanese:

ギリシア伝説で，黒海沿岸あたりに住むとされた女戦士の種族（複数形アマゾネスAmazones）。外国の男と一定の時期に交わり子を産むが，男児は去勢するか殺害し，女児のみを育てる。弓を引きやすいように右乳房を切り落としたことからアマゾン（乳なし）と呼ばれるという。騎馬で弓，斧，槍や特製の楯を使い，イオニア各地に都市を建てた。トロイア戦争では女王ペンテシレイアが兵を率いてトロイア方に助勢したが，アキレウスに敗れた。
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