Illustration: Inside the entrance of a neighborhood veterinary clinic, a worker kneels beside a carrier and gently wraps a rain-soaked kitten in a dry towel. The open doorway reveals heavy rain and a puddle outside, while the kitten now rests safely behind the worker's sheltering arm.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

保ほ護ご

hogo

to protect, to take into care

Example sentences

その子こはおじの保護ほごを受うけている。
He is in custody of his uncle.
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彼女かのじょは警察けいさつに保護ほごを求もとめた。
She asked the police for protection.
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親おやは子供こどもたちを保護ほごする。
Parents provide protection for their children.
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Kanji in 保護

保protect; guaranteeOnホ・ホウKunたもつ
護safeguard; protectOnゴKunまもる

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