to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to watch over; to watch attentively
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to hold fast; to protect to the end
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
security guard; doorkeeper
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
answering machine; answerphone
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
answering machine; answer phone
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
viceroy; governor-general
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
miser; niggard; cheapskate
castle tower; keep; donjon
grave maintenance; grave keeper
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
to take charge during someone's absence
to fail to be attentive to
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
house where the family is out
small pouch containing a paper charm or talisman
to hold fast; to protect to the end
grove of the village shrine
to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations
nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
(historical) army base; navy base
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence
acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
keeping a secret; secrecy; confidentiality
strong defense; strong defence
unattended (video, audio) recording
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
Conservative Party (UK, Canada, Japan)
adherence (to custom, tradition)
maintenance checkup; maintenance and inspection
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
higonokami; type of folding knife with metal handle
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
to take charge during someone's absence
guard station; guard house; guard post
person who guards flowers (esp. cherry blossoms); flower guard
offensive and defensive alliance
to adhere to one's principles; to preserve one's chastity
person who guards flowers (esp. cherry blossoms); flower guard
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
maintainability; serviceability
to keep one's chastity; to remain faithful to one's spouse; to remain faithful to one's lover
to not be harsh on someone (while awaiting a result); to give someone a chance
grove of the village shrine
sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence
compliance (with laws and ordinances)
compliance (with laws and ordinances)
grave maintenance; grave keeper
building up and maintaining
running, hitting and fielding
Shuhari; three stages of mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, creating one's own techniques
conservative mainstream (in Japan assoc. with LDP faction of Shigeru Yoshida)
occupation and defence (of land, etc.)
Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area
war of defense; war of defence; defensive fight; defensive warfare
to stare at; to closely defend
making replacements for defensive purposes in the late inning of a game
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
local deity; guardian god
to pretend to not be home; to pretend to be out
to protect; to preserve; to keep
ultraconservatism; archconservatism
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
strict adherence; sticking to; steadfast defence
conservative government; conservative administration
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
to pretend to not be home; to pretend to be out
family members left at home
traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)
ultraconservative doctrine; ultraconservative policy
to hold fast to one's ways; to be overly conservative; to not get with the times; (lit.) to guard the tree stub
to stare at; to closely defend
lack of innovation; stupidity
clinging to old customs; adhering to old traditions
maintenance train; railway maintenance vehicle
absence of the gods from their shrines in October (while they are visiting the Grand Shrine of Izumo)
NHK Kara Kokumin wo Mamoru Tō (political party)
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest
protecting a rice field; watching over a field; person who watches over a rice field
boat watchman; watching over a boat
caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
poor defense; poor defence
conservative without party affiliation
starting an enterprise and (or) carrying it to final success
New Conservative Party (defunct Japanese political party)
controller maintenance and diagnostic bus
program maintenance manual
program maintenance manual
ASSIST; Advanced Service Support Information System Technology
it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
fruits left on a tree during winter (supposedly causing more fruits to appear in the next season)
person who tends to trees (e.g. in a garden)
provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period)
staunchly conservative area; (lit.) kingdom of conservatism
koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster)
rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa)
wolf spider (any spider of family Lycosidae)
Surinam toad (Pipa pipa); pipa
tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus); Japanese gecko
Anderson's crocodile newt (Echinotriton andersoni); Anderson's newt; Ryukyu spiny newt; Japanese warty newt