自じ衛えい団だん

noun

self-defense group; vigilante group

Refers to an organized group formed by civilians for self-defense, often in a local community or during conflict.

• 村むら人びとたちは自じ衛えい団だんを結けっ成せいして、夜よ回まわりを始はじめた。

  The villagers formed a self-defense group and started night patrols.

noun

self-protection

Rarely used as an abstract noun for the act of protecting oneself; the group sense is far more common.

• この文ぶん脈みゃくでの「自じ衛えい団だん」は、自じ己こ防ぼう衛えいの概がい念ねんを指さすこともあるが、一いっ般ぱん的てきではない。

  In this context, 自衛団 can refer to the concept of self-protection, but it is not common.