Illustration: During a neighborhood futsal match in a Japanese school gym, a goalkeeper lunges sideways and traps an incoming ball just before it crosses the goal line. Two teammates stand between the opposing attackers and the goal, one still bracing after trying to intercept the shot.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

守しゅ備び

shubi

defense

Example sentences

  1. 私達わたしたちのチームは守備しゅびが良よい。

    Our football team has a good defense.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そのため、九州西側きゅうしゅうにしがわの守備しゅびは手薄てうすだったのである。

    As a result, the guard in western Kyushu was sparse.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. ハーフタイムで守備しゅびを立たて直なおすしかない。

    We have no choice but to reorganize our defense at halftime.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 守備

  • 守guard; protectOnシュ・スKunまもる・まもり・もり
  • 備equip; provisionOnビKunそなえる・そなわる・つぶさに

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