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Japanese: Natuurkunde
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…The word was used by Dutch scholars in the Edo period as a translation of Western natural science, specifically the Dutch word Natuurkunde, and later came to mean physics in the early Meiji period. The word 'kyuri' originally came from the Shugua-den of the I Ching, and was emphasized by Zhu Xi as a way of training scholars, referring to the method of getting to the bottom of the principles of things. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Natuurkunde" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸時代に蘭学者によって西洋の自然科学,具体的にはオランダ語のNatuurkundeの訳語として用いられた言葉で,後に明治初年にいたって物理学を意味するようになった。〈窮理〉とは,もともと易の説卦伝に由来し,朱子によって学者の修養法として強調されたもので,事物についてその理を窮めるという方法を指した。…

※「Natuurkunde」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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