她的容貌几乎和当时日本的美人典范正好相反。
Her features were almost the opposite of the Japanese ideal of beauty in those days.
日本在20世纪80年代签署的《广场协议》或许可以作为类比，当时日本同样积累了巨大的失衡。
An analogy might be the Plaza Agreements with Japan in the 1980s when the Japanese similarly built up a huge imbalance.
显然，当时日本的木匠知道一些技巧，这些技巧可以使建筑能够摇晃并且稳定下来，而不是与自然的力量进行抗衡。
Clearly, Japanese carpenters of the day knew a few tricks about allowing a building to sway and settle itself rather than fight nature's forces.
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