Kanji1 / 9
保 kanji
protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ホホウ
Kun readings
たもつ
Words with 保
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —保管施設storage facility
- —被保護国protectorate (country); dependency; dependent state
- —保護主義protectionism
- —更生保護rehabilitation; social readjustment; aftercare; parole
- —保護細胞guard cell
- —戦時保険war-risk insurance; war insurance
- —戦争保険war-risk insurance; war insurance
- —法的保護legal protection (e.g. of an environment or cultural asset)
- —安全保護security
- —性能保証performance guarantee; performance assurance
- —郡保安官county sheriff
- —債権保全credit protection (by seizing assets in anticipation of a default); preventive attachment; claim securing; receivables protection
- —目の保養feast for one's eyes
- —保守車両maintenance train; railway maintenance vehicle
- —瑕疵担保warranty against defects
- —地震保険earthquake insurance
- —営利保険commercial insurance
- —営業保険commercial insurance
- —教育保険educational endowment insurance
- —任意保険voluntary insurance; optional insurance; extra insurance; vehicle insurance in addition to the basic mandatory insurance