守る: to protect
守る mamoru
to protect; to guard; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules)
JLPT N3Everyday actions
守る mamoru
to protect; guard
JLPT N3Combat · Battle Verbs & Actions
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
西日本に多く、敵から身を守るために作られたと考えられています。
Many of them are in western Japan, and they are thought to have been built to protect people from enemies.
From the lesson 家とムラ
ムラのまわりに堀をめぐらせた環濠集落は、敵から守るための物だと考えられています。
The moated villages (kangō shūraku), with ditches dug around them, are thought to have been for defense against enemies.
From the lesson ムラからクニへ
From the lesson 吉野ヶ里遺跡