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“Atavism” in Japanese

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隔世遺伝 kakuseiiden kakuseiiden

Atavism in Japanese is “隔世遺伝” (kakuseiiden). Full meaning: atavism, throwback, reappearance of an earlier characteristic, skipping a generation, reversion to ancestral type.

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