From the 1880s to the 1930s, the textile industry in Japan employed over half of all workers, most of them in the three major branches of silk reeling, cotton spinning, and weaving.

从十九世纪八十年代到三十年代，日本的纺织工业雇用了半数以上的工人，其中大部分在缫丝、棉纺和织造三大部门。

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The silk industry, however, did not gain any benefit from innovations in spinning, as silk is naturally already a thread.

然而，丝绸行业并没有从纺纱的技术创新中获得任何利益，因为丝绸自然而然地就已经是丝线了。

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The microscopic observation showed that silk gland degeneration gradually occurred during the spinning period.

显微镜的观察显示家蚕丝腺的逐渐退化发生在吐丝期间。

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This way of spinning silk is remarkably similar to that used by spiders, which pull the material from their bodies using their legs.

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