kyūjitai (traditional form of Japanese kanji used before 1947)

difficult / hard, probably impossible

books, writing

the form of a character that belongs to a system, such as "Old", "New", "Simplified", "Traditional", etc.; this concerns the major, systematic differences, such as which radicals to be used, or stroke counts; compare 字形 (jikei)

paleo-, old, used, previous

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

old things, original state, former state, old times / the old calendar based on a lunar system / used item, secondhand item

paleo-, ex-, old, previous, former

old; previous