しゅ
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Verb (する)
1. protection; safeguard
Noun
2. shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
Kanji used
protect
keep safe
Pitch accent
しゅ
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Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
guardian; custodian
guardian spirit
acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
guard; protector
provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period)