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
- —保護観察所probation office; probation facility
- —年金保険料insurance premium; pension contribution
- —国際保護鳥internationally protected bird
- —保全生態学conservation ecology
- —総合保税区general bonded zone (esp. in trade with China)
- —永久保存版version for permanent preservation; version worth preserving forever; (must-have) collector's edition
- —お泊り保育nursery school sleepover
- —保険計理人actuary
- —身元保証書personal reference letter; personal reference guarantee
- —保全遺伝学conservation genetics
- —保全生物学conservation biology
- —認可保育所licensed nursery; authorized daycare center
- —上書き保存saving changes (e.g. to a file)
- —安保理事会UN Security Council
- —保険外交員insurance salesman
- —慣らし保育gradual entry (into nursery or preschool); settling-in period; phase-in
- —保険募集人insurance agent
- —保険ベッドhospital bed fully covered by national health insurance
- —一時保護所temporary protective custody facility; temporary care center
- —別名で保存Save As (command in the File menu)