Keyword
protect
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig198
Readings
まも
(70%)
しゅ
(13%)
(9%)
もり
(5%)
(1%)
Composed of
roof with a chimney
a few centimeters
Used in kanji (1 in total)
hunt
Used in vocabulary (211 in total)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to watch over; to watch attentively
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
charm; amulet
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
guardian; custodian
to hold fast; to protect to the end
defense; defence
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
during absence from home
security guard; doorkeeper
answering machine; answerphone
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
guardian deity
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
duty of confidentiality
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
(in) one's absence
answering machine; answer phone
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
viceroy; governor-general
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
miser; niggard; cheapskate
castle tower; keep; donjon
grave maintenance; grave keeper
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
guardian spirit
conservatives
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
pretending to be out
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
castle tower
(being on the) defensive
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
to take charge during someone's absence
to fail to be attentive to
house where the family is out
charm; amulet
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
small pouch containing a paper charm or talisman
to hold fast; to protect to the end
barrier keeper
(historical) army base; navy base
grove of the village shrine
nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
to observe the law
to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations
nurse; nanny; guardian
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence
acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
keeping a secret; secrecy; confidentiality
strong defense; strong defence
unattended (video, audio) recording
(in) one's absence
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
Conservative Party (UK, Canada, Japan)
adherence (to custom, tradition)
maintenance checkup; maintenance and inspection
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
higonokami; type of folding knife with metal handle
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
gecko; house lizard
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
island chief
to take charge during someone's absence
lighthouse keeper
paper charm; talisman
temple keeper
custody; watching over
person who guards flowers (esp. cherry blossoms); flower guard
guard station; guard house; guard post
offensive and defensive alliance
to adhere to one's principles; to preserve one's chastity
person who guards flowers (esp. cherry blossoms); flower guard
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
court or shrine guard
to keep one's chastity; to remain faithful to one's spouse; to remain faithful to one's lover
maintainability; serviceability
to not be harsh on someone (while awaiting a result); to give someone a chance
gecko; house lizard
grove of the village shrine
sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence
compliance (with laws and ordinances)
compliance (with laws and ordinances)
grave maintenance; grave keeper
building up and maintaining
running, hitting and fielding
Shuhari; three stages of mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, creating one's own techniques
constancy; fidelity
Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area
conservative mainstream (in Japan assoc. with LDP faction of Shigeru Yoshida)
occupation and defence (of land, etc.)
making replacements for defensive purposes in the late inning of a game
paper charm; talisman
war of defense; war of defence; defensive fight; defensive warfare
to stare at; to closely defend
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
charm; amulet
to pretend to not be home; to pretend to be out
local deity; guardian god
ultraconservatism; archconservatism
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to protect; to preserve; to keep
conservative government; conservative administration
strict adherence; sticking to; steadfast defence
code; rule; regulation
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
to observe the rules
to pretend to not be home; to pretend to be out
good fielding
family members left at home
scheduled maintenance
to hold fast to one's ways; to be overly conservative; to not get with the times; (lit.) to guard the tree stub
to stare at; to closely defend
to keep one's word
ultraconservative doctrine; ultraconservative policy
traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)
maintenance train; railway maintenance vehicle
system maintenance
lack of innovation; stupidity
absence of the gods from their shrines in October (while they are visiting the Grand Shrine of Izumo)
clinging to old customs; adhering to old traditions
charm; amulet
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest
protecting a rice field; watching over a field; person who watches over a rice field
boat watchman; watching over a boat
caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
poor defense; poor defence
defense; defence
conservative without party affiliation
one's fielding average
starting an enterprise and (or) carrying it to final success
New Conservative Party (defunct Japanese political party)
controller maintenance and diagnostic bus
ASSIST; Advanced Service Support Information System Technology
corrective maintenance
maintenance panel
maintenance panel
preventive maintenance
it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
guard; watchman
guard; protector
fruits left on a tree during winter (supposedly causing more fruits to appear in the next season)
person who tends to trees (e.g. in a garden)
provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period)
staunchly conservative area; (lit.) kingdom of conservatism
koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster)
rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa)
wolf spider (any spider of family Lycosidae)
olm (Proteus anguinus)
Surinam toad (Pipa pipa); pipa
tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus); Japanese gecko
Anderson's crocodile newt (Echinotriton andersoni); Anderson's newt; Ryukyu spiny newt; Japanese warty newt
Examples (200 in total)
I can't protect you.
Don't worry. I'll protect you.
We must protect our children.