to compose a haiku or waka / to recite, to chant

(poetry) a long waka that follows the rule of alternating 5-7 morae and ending in 7-7 morae / (poetry) a tanka poem that is, for unknown circumstances, erroneously labeled a chōka

(poetry, archaic) a long waka that follows the rule of alternating 5-7 morae and ending in 7-7 morae / (poetry, archaic) a mijikauta poem that is, for unknown circumstances, erroneously labeled a nagauta

matter of taste

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

liked, favorite

fondness, favor, favour

freely; as much as one wants