old documents / (in palaeography) historical documents written to convey a specific intention between a sender and receiver; generally inclusive of written material through the mid-19th century

paleography

to help; to assist / to save; to rescue

conjunctive form of 助ける (tasukeru) [ichidan]

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

乎古止点: marks to aid in reading Chinese classics

(informal) to be a failure

(informal) failure

鰧, 虎魚: scorpionfish

お子, 御子: (honorifics) child (someone else's, never one's own) / 尾籠, 痴: foolishness, stupidity; indecency, indelicateness