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防 kanji
ward off, defend, protect, resist
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ボウ
Kun readings
ふせぐ
Words with 防
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —防染糊resist paste (dyeing); resistant
- —防波壁seawall; tsunami wall
- —防護策protective measure; safeguard
- —売防法Anti-Prostitution Act
- —防御力defensive strength; defensive ability
- —防水板watertight barrier; flood protection plate; waterproof boarding
- —防災袋emergency bag; survival kit
- —国防部Ministry of National Defense (China)
- —共同防衛joint defense; joint defence
- —国防総省Department of Defense (US); the Pentagon
- —国防長官Secretary of Defence (Defense)
- —盗難防止burglar-proof; antitheft
- —防衛部長assistant chief of staff, g3
- —防御部隊defending forces
- —防災訓練disaster prevention practice
- —防止指針prevention guideline
- —予防医学preventive medicine; prophylactic
- —予防戦争preventive war
- —予防注射immunization; immunisation; shots; inoculation; preventive injection
- —防虫加工mothproof (finish)