to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
dual structure; double structure
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725)
Graduate University for Advanced Studies
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
archipelago; chain of islands
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
western edge (e.g. of city); west side
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
to explain adequately; to be accountable
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
Miyazaki (city, prefecture)
each prefecture; all prefectures
all over Japan; throughout Japan
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
survival; survivor; relic
tropical forest; tropical rainforest
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland