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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
- —国防総合大学National Defense University
- —中央防災会議Central Disaster Prevention Council
- —日独防共協定Anti-Comintern Pact (1936)
- —防災気象情報Disaster Prevention Weather Information; disaster-related advisories issued by the JMA
- —破壊活動防止法Subversive Activities Prevention Act
- —地球温暖化防止prevention of global warming
- —核拡散防止条約Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
- —大気汚染防止法Air Pollution Control Act
- —不正競争防止法Unfair Competition Prevention Act
- —透湿防水性素材breathable-waterproof material; waterproof-breathable fabric
- —流感の予防注射flu shot; injection for influenza immunization
- —無防備都市宣言open city declaration
- —防衛計画の大綱National Defense Program Outline
- —海上衝突予防法Act on Preventing Collisions at Sea
- —防火シャッターfire shutter
- —飛沫防止シートplastic sheet at checkouts to prevent droplet infection (of COVID-19)
- —水質汚濁防止法Water Pollution Prevention Act
- —自民党国防部会LDP's National Defense Division
- —防衛医科大学校National Defense Medical College
- —新防災気象情報New Disaster Prevention Weather Information (revised system of weather warnings and advisories introduced by the JMA in May 2026)