abrupt; sudden; unexpected
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
firmly rooted; deep-seated
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
pre-war days; before the war
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)
supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
descendant of a god; heavenly grandson
theory of origins; origin hypothesis
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
novel idea; strange theory
bizarre theory; strange theory; wild theory
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
the Kojiki and Nihon-shoki
ago; since; before; previous
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
spurious letter; apocryphal book; forgery
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record