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

(historical) northern Korea / North Korea (a country in East Asia)

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

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).

a book / a script; a scenario / source; origin; root

to read (look at and interpret written text) / to read (speak aloud written text) / to infer; to speculate / to count

reading / (figuratively) understanding of something, speculation about something