| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 楯 | たて | shield, buckler, escutcheon, pretext |
| 楯つく | たてつく | to oppose |
| 後ろ楯 | うしろだて | backing, support, backer, supporter, patron, sponsor; shield that protects one's back |
| 小楯 | こだて | small shield, screen |
| 楯籠る | たてこもる | to barricade oneself in, to hold (a fort, etc.), to shut oneself up, to be besieged, to dig in |
| 楯突く | たてつく | to oppose, to resist, to defy |
| 醜の御楯 | しこのみたて | the humble shield of our Sovereign Lord |
| 楯籠り | たてこもり | shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged |
| 楯鱗 | じゅんりん | placoid scale |