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
- —自己保身protecting one's own interests; self-serving behavior; putting one's own skin first
- —安心保証buyer protection; security guarantee; worry-free warranty
- —保全状況conservation status (of a species)
- —土曜保育Saturday childcare (e.g. at a nursery school)
- —延長保証extended warranty
- —自家保険self-insurance
- —保健医療health care; healthcare
- —保安検査security check; safety inspection
- —保育参観nursery school visiting; participating and observing at nursery school
- —保全地域protected area; conservation area
- —被保護者ward; protégé; protégée
- —素人保管storage by a non-professional (esp. at home)
- —健康保険医health insurance doctor
- —自賠責保険mandatory vehicle liability insurance
- —政府保証債government-guaranteed bond
- —保護の聖人patron saint
- —保護関税率protective tariff
- —無担保貸付unsecured loan
- —無担保社債unsecured (corporate) debenture
- —無配当保険non-participating insurance