Answer:
Fuel
Explanation:
The passage states Japan makes a lot of cars already. They don't need support from other countries for the cars themselves. The passage goes on to say that there is not much fuel in Japan. That means Japan needs to rely on other countries to get that fuel.
Around the last half of the 18th century, imitating British culinary trends was something a good portion of colonial cooks were indifferent toward.
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The word part -dict in the word contradict means to SAY.
Answer:
i think its the the first one, sorry if wrong (apologies if wrong)