poem / verse of poetry / (poetry) Chinese poetry / Short for 詩経 (“Shijing, the Book of Odes”).

(not of a person) old, aged, antiquated

write; record (words, figures) on the surface of (something) / compose; put (an idea, etc) into words

conjunctive form of 書く

(literary) Modernized form of いはしむ (iwashimu, verb, lower bigrade); causative of いう (iu, “to say”)

絞める: to constrict / 占める: to make up, to be a part of / 締める, 〆る, 緊める: to fasten / 閉める: to close / 湿る: to be wet

(archaic) Used to make the causative form of verbs: to make; to let

the past / ancient times

old

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