Onyomi: ホ, ホウ · Kunyomi: たも.つ · Meanings: guarantee, keep, preserve, protect, support, sustain
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 保証 | ほしょう | guarantee, security, assurance, pledge | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 保健 | ほけん | preservation of health, hygiene, sanitation | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 保険 | ほけん | insurance | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 保護 | ほご | protection, safeguard, guardianship, custody, patronage | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 保守 | ほしゅ | maintenance | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 保存 | ほぞん | preservation, conservation, storage, maintenance | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 保つ | たもつ | to keep, to preserve, to hold, to retain, to maintain, to sustain | common JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'tsu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 保管 | ほかん | charge, custody, safekeeping, deposit, storage | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 保守党 | ほしゅとう | Conservative Party | common Noun |
| 保護貿易 | ほごぼうえき | protective trade | Noun |
| 保守的 | ほしゅてき | conservative | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 保証人 | ほしょうにん | guarantor, surety, sponsor, reference, bondsman | common Noun |
| 保持 | ほじ | retention, maintenance, preservation | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 保有 | ほゆう | possession, retention, maintenance | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 保留 | ほりゅう | reservation, putting on hold, deferment, withholding | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
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