written material, writing

(obsolete) starting from the Heian period, an epithet for a person who was assigned to the desired public office, as indicated on their application for office

the past / ancient times

(not of a person) old, aged, antiquated

old

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

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

a piece of research, a study, investigation

to research, to study