Illustration: During a supervised children's game in a community gym, a child braces a broad foam shield in front of their torso using the handle on its back. Several soft sponge balls bounce harmlessly off its front, while the child's head peeks cautiously over the upper edge.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

盾たて

tate

shield

Example sentences

盾たての両面りょうめんを見みよ。
Look on both sides of the shield.
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彼かれは盾たてと剣けんを買かった。
He bought a shield and a sword.
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果安はたやすは街路がいろに楯たてが並ならべられているのを見みて伏兵ふくへいを疑うたがい、引ひき返かえした。
As Hatayasu noticed shields standing at each road, he was so afraid of Fukei’s ambush that he turned back.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 盾

盾shieldOnジュンKunたて

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