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
- —進歩保守党Progressive Conservative Party
- —宇津保物語Utsubo Monogatari (Heian period narrative); The Tale of the Hollow Tree
- —伊曽保物語Aesop's Fables (published initially by the Jesuits in 1593)
- —安全保障条約US-Japan Security Treaty
- —環境保護論者environmentalist
- —自動車保険料car insurance premium
- —人身保護令状writ of habeas corpus
- —世界保健機関World Health Organization; WHO
- —鳥獣保護区域wildlife protection area
- —被担保債権額secured claims
- —品質保持期限freshness assured through this date
- —保険金受取人insurance beneficiary
- —環境保護主義environmentalism
- —無担保借入金unfunded debt; unsecured loan; unsecured debt
- —無担保貸付金unsecured debt
- —集団安全保障collective security
- —厚生年金保険welfare annuity insurance
- —保険をかけるto insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
- —保守系無所属conservative without party affiliation
- —生命保険会社life insurance company