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
- —保証つきguaranteed; certified; warranty included
- —保障つきguaranteed; certified; warranty included
- —保安係りstore (house) detective; security (officer)
- —ガン保険cancer insurance
- —保険掛け金insurance premium
- —保険取引きinsurance transaction
- —ならし保育gradual entry (into nursery or preschool); settling-in period; phase-in
- —保険レディinsurance saleswoman; female insurance agent
- —伊曾保物語Aesop's Fables (published initially by the Jesuits in 1593)
- —保険を掛けるto insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
- —保険取り引きinsurance transaction
- —お泊まり保育nursery school sleepover
- —おとまり保育nursery school sleepover
- —食糧安全保障food security
- —阿保の一つ覚えone who knows little often repeats it; a fool's one bit of knowledge