a bent or biased explanation or theory of something: a distortion, a twisted account of something

to explain or theorize about something in a bent or biased manner: to distort or twist a description of something

event, incident / matter, affair / scandal

historic, historical / already-happened, past / former, old, traditional

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

theory

history / the study of history

"Historical kana usage", a prescriptive method of using kana to write Japanese. Devised in the Edo period by Keichū (契沖) and taught in schools until 1946, it aims to be etymologically faithful and reflects earlier stages of the language (Heian period and earlier).