a promise / an appointment or social engagement (the meeting itself) / a convention; something that is conventional / something that is preordained

to promise; to make a promise / make an appointment or engagement / be predestined, wait

public promise

promise publicly

護る: to protect, to defend / to watch carefully / to abide (by rules), to observe (regulations)

(archaic) to stand watch over something, to be on the lookout for something (such as a watchman controlling entry to a place) / (archaic) to protect or defend something, to ensure that something is safe

(Classical Japanese) to be watching continuously, to be on watch repeatedly, to be on look out / (Classical Japanese) to protect something, to take care of something

(Classical Japanese) to be watching continuously, to be on watch repeatedly, to be on look out / (Classical Japanese) to protect something, to take care of something

(Classical Japanese) to be watching continuously, to be on watch repeatedly, to be on look out

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