ボディーガード

also: ボディガード

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

A person hired to protect someone, or the role itself. Straightforward loanword from English.

大だい統とう領りょうには常つねにボディーガードがついている。
The president always has bodyguards with him.
彼かれは有ゆう名めいな歌か手しゅのボディーガードとして働はたらいている。
He works as a bodyguard for a famous singer.

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Related words

用よう心じん棒ぼう
ボディーガード is an English loanword for a professional personal bodyguard, while 用心棒 can sound more traditional, colloquial, or connected to rougher settings like bars.
警けい護ご
ボディーガード is a casual loanword for a personal bodyguard, while 警護 is the more formal term used for the act of guarding or the security team itself.
護ご衛えいN1
ボディガード is a casual, borrowed term for a personal bodyguard, while 護衛 is the more formal, often military or official word for the same role.

Built from

ボディー+ガード

Written forms

ボディーガードUsage17%
Standard katakana spelling with long vowel marker.
ボディガードUsage83%
Variant spelling without the long vowel marker; also common.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'bodyguard'.