守もり

noun

babysitting; looking after a child; babysitter

Used for taking care of a baby or child, especially in phrases like 赤ん坊の守りをする. The compound 子守り is often the more familiar everyday word.

• 今日きょうは一いち日にち、幼おさない妹いもうとの守もりをしていた。

  I spent the whole day looking after my little sister.

• 赤あかん坊ぼうの守もりを祖そ母ぼに頼たのんだ。

  I asked my grandmother to babysit the baby.

noun

guarding; keeping watch; keeper; caretaker

Refers to watching over, keeping, or caring for something, and to the person who does so. In modern Japanese this is often seen as -守 in compounds such as 墓守 or 灯台守 rather than as a free-standing noun.

• 墓はか守もりは毎まい朝あさ、墓ぼ地ちを掃そう除じする。

  The grave keeper cleans the cemetery every morning.

• 岬みさきの灯とう台だい守もりは、夜よるになると灯あかりを確かく認にんした。

  The lighthouse keeper on the cape checked the light at night.