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
- —無保険者uninsured person
- —保護者会legal guardians' association; parents' association (at a school); parent-teacher's meeting
- —保存処理curing (meat, etc.); preservative treatment; save process (e.g. to disk); save operation
- —保護期間protection period (of copyright)
- —秘密保持confidentiality; nondisclosure
- —精神保健mental health
- —永久保管permanent storage (radioactives, data, etc.)
- —情報保障guaranteeing information accessibility for the disabled
- —静態保存preservation of machinery or vehicles for display purposes (i.e. no longer operational)
- —動態保存preservation of obsolete machinery in a functional condition (e.g. train engines)
- —保守王国staunchly conservative area; kingdom of conservatism
- —安保闘争campaign against the Japan-US Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)
- —心裡留保mental reservation; making a false declaration of intent
- —保存方法storage method (e.g. for food); storage instructions
- —情報保護information security; information protection; data security
- —保存容器storage container; preservation container
- —一時保護temporary protective custody; temporary protective care
- —常温保存storage at room temperature
- —満足保証money-back guarantee; satisfaction guarantee
- —動物保護animal protection