守

Meaning

守 centers on keeping something safe and intact: guarding, protecting, or defending. The obey sense extends from the idea of upholding rules or orders as a form of protection.

• 守るまもる
  N3

  to protect; to guard; to defend

• 保守ほしゅ
  N1

  maintenance

• 守りまもり

  protection; defense; defence

• 守りもり

  babysitting; babysitter

• 守備しゅび
  N1

  defense; defence

• お守りおまもり
  N1

  charm; amulet; talisman

• 見守るみまもる
  N1

  to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on

• 留守るす
  N4

  absence; being away from home

• 子守こもり

  looking after a baby; taking care of a baby; babysitting; babysitter

• 遵守じゅんしゅ

  observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance

• 留守番るすばん
  N2

  care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; staying at home

• 鎮守ちんじゅ

  local Shinto deity; tutelary god

• 看守かんしゅ

  prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler

• 厳守げんしゅ
  N1

  strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance

• 攻守こうしゅ

  offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding

• 守衛しゅえい
  N1

  (security) guard; caretaker; janitor; doorkeeper; gatekeeper

• 保守党ほしゅとう

  Conservative Party

• 専守防衛せんしゅぼうえい

  nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)

• 好守こうしゅ

  good fielding

• 保守的ほしゅてき
  N1

  conservative

• 守勢しゅせい

  (being on the) defensive

• 子守唄こもりうた

  lullaby

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