ward off, defend, protect, resist
防
Readings:
ボウ, ふせ.ぐ, あた, う, ほう
Main radical: 阜 (170) Radicals:
Strokes: 7 Jouyou: 5 JIS: 19273
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堤防 ていぼう bank, weirsuru
防弾チョッキ ぼうだんチョッキ bulletproof vestmix
防災 ぼうさい disaster preventiontenki
消防車 しょうぼうしゃ fire engineryokou
消防士 しょうぼうし firefightershigoto
防衛省 ぼうえいしょう Ministry of Defense (formerly Japan Defense Agency)mix
予防 よぼう prevention, precaution, protection againstjlpt3, suru
防ぐ ふせぐ to defend (against), to protect, to preventgodan, verb, vtrans
防水 ぼうすい waterproofing, making watertightsuru