Illustration: At a neighborhood park beside a small ball court, an older sibling steps between a younger child and a stray basketball. They plant their feet and raise both forearms, catching the ball against their arms before it can reach the child.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

ガード

gaado

to guard, to protect

Example sentences

この上着うわぎなら、冷つめたい風かぜもガードできる。
This jacket can protect me from the cold wind.
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初対面しょたいめんの人ひとには、ついガードが固かたくなる。
I tend to be guarded around people I’ve just met.
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相手あいてのガードが固かたくて、点てんが取とれなかった。
Their defense was strong, so we couldn’t score.
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