Alternative spelling of 草紙 (sōshi)

(formal) Female third-person singular pronoun; she, her, girlfriend

(colloquial) a girlfriend (a female partner in a romantic relationship)

(literary) they (about women or girls)

the past / ancient times

(not of a person) old, aged, antiquated

old

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

(literary) they (about women or girls)