Translation guide
The English word 'shielding' can refer to protecting something from harm, blocking radiation or signals, or providing a defensive cover. This guide covers natural Japanese expressions for these meanings.
To protect someone or something from physical harm, attack, or danger.
General verb meaning 'to protect' or 'to guard'. Can be used for shielding people, objects, or abstract things.
He shielded the child from danger.
More formal term for 'protect' or 'safeguard'. Often used in legal, technical, or official contexts.
This device shields workers from radiation.
To shield or protect someone, often physically by covering them or taking a blow. Implies a more active, personal intervention.
The mother shielded her child and got injured.
Means 'to defend' or 'to protect against attack'. Often used in military, sports, or cybersecurity contexts.
He shielded against the attack with a shield.
To prevent electromagnetic waves, radiation, or signals from passing through.
Technical term for shielding against electromagnetic waves, radiation, or light. Commonly used in engineering and physics.
This cable shields against electromagnetic waves.
Means 'to protect' or 'to shield', often used for radiation protection in medical or nuclear contexts.
Please wear radiation shielding clothing.
Loanword from English 'shield', used as a verb. Common in IT, electronics, and casual technical contexts.
This component shields against noise.
To act as a physical barrier that blocks or protects.
Literally 'become a shield'. Used figuratively to mean shielding someone by putting oneself in harm's way.
He acted as a shield for his friend, protecting him from bullets.
Means 'protective wall' or 'barrier'. Used for physical or metaphorical shields, like flood barriers or firewalls.
Technical term for 'shielding object' or 'cover'. Used in military or physics contexts.
守る (mamoru) is the most general and widely used. 保護する (hogo suru) is formal and often used for institutional or legal protection. かばう (kabau) implies physically shielding someone, often at personal risk.
The police protect citizens.
The law protects consumers.
He shielded me (from harm).
その防壁が津波から町を守った。
The barrier shielded the town from the tsunami.
The soldiers hid behind shielding cover.