dictator (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

a geographical text typically containing information about local history, customs, legends, etc.; compare English gazetteer / a text containing other reports on each local district of a particular region

Same as ふどき (fudoki) above

a wooden block one seki in length and height used for writing / a letter or document; typically composed in kanbun

cell, a room for one prisoner

Kyūjitai form of 独立 (“independence”)

decipherment

to decipher

readability, legibility

study meeting (of a piece of writing)