shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
to drag around; to pull about; to lead around (by the nose)
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
secretly slitting one's belly (and only eventually revealing one's mortal wound) (in kabuki, bunraku, etc.)
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
to push aside; to brush aside
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
poetic sentiment; poetic interest; poetic inspiration
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to demand money; to pester; to extort
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
elegance; taste; refinement
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
honour; honor; glory; privilege
difficult problem; challenge
help; assistance; service
king; monarch; ruler; champion
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
recital; recitation; public reading
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
versification; verse making
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to value; to prize; to honor; to respect
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
relatively; comparatively