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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
- —防カメsecurity camera
- —防撓材stiffener
- —防舷材fender (on a boat); bumper (on a dock, pier, etc.)
- —防舷物fender (on a boat); bumper (on a dock, pier, etc.)
- —防汚剤antifoulant; antifouling
- —防衛食defense rations
- —まん防semi-state of emergency COVID-19 measures
- —防寒着winter clothes
- —防ダニtick control; mite control; mite-proofing; acarid-protective
- —中期防(five-year) medium-term defense program (Japan)
- —砂防法Erosion Control Act
- —防炎性flame retardancy; flame proofness
- —防音性sound absorption; sound insulating properties
- —防災士disaster relief specialist; disaster preparedness expert
- —防災林forest planted to protect land, roads, etc. from natural disasters
- —防潮林forest planted to protect the shoreline; tidewater control forest
- —防霧林trees protecting land from sea fogs
- —防衛者defender
- —防火林belt of trees planted as a firebreak
- —防衛的defensive