Seven years later, she gave birth to a girl. The baby’s father was a chief of a rice field union. The chief’s grandfather came from Silla=新羅=신라=しらぎ with better skills for rice planting; as a result, the union was wealthy, so the chief could see the O-Kimi every autumn.
The chief said the first O-Kimi was from Paekche or Baekje, Korean pronunciation: [pɛktɕ͈e]=百濟=백제=ぺくちぇon the continental peninsula.
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