However, he was not able to publish a complete set of his dictionary in his lifetime, thus his bereaved family carried out his wishes after his death and published it in 1887.
ただこの辞典は士清の生存中に全巻を刊行できず、士清の死後、遺族の手によって引き継がれ1887年(明治20年)に全巻刊行された。