indirect; roundabout; veiled

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

十: ten

shallow water off a coast

十日: ten days,the tenth day

to push from behind / to support; to assist

pushing from behind / support; assistance

(literally) digging around a tree before transplanting it; / (figuratively) seeking agreement in meetings and discussions with others before putting a change into action