防ぼう護ご団だん

noun

civilian defense corps (Japan, 1932-1939)

Historical term for a civilian defense organization in early Shōwa Japan, similar to a volunteer fire and civil protection unit. Often referenced alongside 警防団.

See also: 警防団

• 防ぼう護ご団だんは戦せん前ぜんの日本にほんで地ち域いき防ぼう災さいを担になった組そ織しきの一ひとつだ。

  The Bōgodan was one of the organizations responsible for local disaster prevention in prewar Japan.

• 昭しょう和わ初しょ期き、防ぼう護ご団だんと警けい防ぼう団だんが各かく地ちに設せっ置ちされた。

  In the early Shōwa period, Bōgodan and Keibōdan were established in various places.