Illustration: In a snowy Japanese neighborhood park, three children brace themselves behind the low wall of a carefully built snow fort. Two hold sleds upright as shields while the third shelters a much smaller child inside.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

防ぼう衛えい

bouei

defense, protection

Example sentences

その防衛ぼうえい計画けいかくに関かんする見通みとおしは暗くらい。
The outlook for the defense program is dismal.
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国内こくないは防衛ぼうえい問題もんだいで沸騰ふっとうした。
The country seethed over the issue of national defense.
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防衛ぼうえい本能ほんのうはどんな動物どうぶつも生うまれつきもっているものです。
The instinct of self-defense is inherent in any animal.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 防衛

防prevent; protectOnボウKunふせぐ
衛defense; protectionOnエイ・エ

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