study of history

(Internet slang, especially anime and manga fandom) events or things from the past which one wants to whitewash/erase from history (due to it being embarrassing, poorly received, etc.); dark past

oral history

historicism

passive, inactive, timid

capital, capital city

going to the capital

go to the capital

coming to a capital / coming to Tōkyō or Kyōto

come to a capital / come to Tōkyō or Kyōto