saru koto ni wa nani no irawe o ka se-mu nakanaka nara-mu
such thing DAT TOP what GEN reply ACC FOC do-will awkward be-will
With respect to such a thing, what reply am [I] to make? [It] will be awkward.’ (Makura no sōshi, 131, Shinpen Zenshū, vol. 18, p. 248)