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
- —保守本流conservative mainstream (in Japan assoc. with LDP faction of Shigeru Yoshida)
- —一時保育temporary child care; short-term child care
- —幼保一元administrative unification of day-care centers and kindergartens
- —保険給付insurance benefit
- —長期保存long-term storage; long-term preservation
- —秩序保持maintenance of public order
- —担保価値security value; surety value
- —海上保安maritime safety; Japan Coast Guard
- —保険業法Insurance Business Act
- —鮮度保持freshness preservation (of food)
- —保証会社guarantor; guarantor company
- —身柄確保apprehension (of a crime suspect); capture; detainment; arrest
- —がん保険cancer insurance
- —児童保護childcare; protection of children
- —地位保全maintaining the status quo of the parties (by temporary injunction); preservation of one's position
- —保護施設house of refuge; shelter; rehabilitation facility
- —警備保障security contracting (against fire, theft, etc.); private security arrangement
- —酒保商人provisioner; sutler; victualer; vivandier
- —保存地区conservation area; preserved area; preservation district
- —保身第一looking out for oneself; self-protection first