Kanji1 / 7
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
- —防衛計画defence program; defence plan
- —多重防護defence in depth; multiple safeguard; multiple protection
- —国防支出defense outlay; defense spending
- —再発防止preventing recurrence (of); preventing from happening again
- —腐敗防止corruption prevention; antisepsis; antiseptic
- —消防署員fire station worker; member of a fire station
- —防水長靴waterproof long boots; waders
- —防火用水water for fighting fires
- —公害防止pollution control; pollution prevention
- —解約防止churn prevention; churn management
- —防災無線wireless-activated disaster warning system
- —防災倉庫emergency supplies storehouse
- —予防原則precautionary principle; precautionary approach
- —防衛本能protective instinct; defensive instinct
- —防戦一方defensive-only
- —消防吏員fire officer
- —防火水槽fire cistern
- —自殺予防suicide prevention
- —防汚塗料antifouling paint
- —防災拠点disaster prevention base