"second island chain" meaning in English

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          "Caroline Islands",
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        "(politics) The next chain of archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast, beyond the first island chain. Principally composed of the Bonin Islands, Marianas Islands, Caroline Islands; from Honshu to New Guinea."
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          "sense": "chain of islands",
          "word": "第二島鏈 /第二岛链"
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          "roman": "Daini Rettō Sen",
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          "word": "第二列島線"
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          "roman": "je2yeoldoseon",
          "sense": "chain of islands",
          "word": "제2열도선"
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