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    用心棒

    用よう心じん棒ぼう

    bodyguard

    KMT8News #23+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab21 strokes

    ようじんぼう

    Noun

    1.
    bodyguard, bouncer, (security) guard
    2.
    bar (on a door), bolt
    3.
    stick or pole used for self-defence

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれはバーの用よう心じん棒ぼうとして働はたらいている。

    He works as a bouncer at a bar.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsWork & Career
    その有ゆう名めい人じんは常つねに用よう心じん棒ぼうを連つれて移い動どうする。

    That celebrity always travels with bodyguards.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    時じ代だい劇げきでは、用よう心じん棒ぼうが刀かたなを抜ぬいて悪わる者ものを倒たおすシーンがよくある。

    In historical dramas, there are often scenes where bodyguards draw their swords and defeat villains.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsAnime & Manga
    閉へい店てん後ご、店てん主しゅはドアに頑がん丈じょうな用よう心じん棒ぼうをかけた。

    After closing, the shop owner put a sturdy bar on the door.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsHome & Housing
    昔むかしの日に本ほんでは、武ぶ士しが有ゆう力りょく者しゃの用よう心じん棒ぼうを務つとめることもあった。

    In ancient Japan, samurai sometimes served as bodyguards for powerful figures.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistoryMilitary

    Kanji that make up this word

    用
    もち.いる…(2)
    utilize・business・service・use・employ
    心
    こころ・-ごころ…(1)
    heart・mind・spirit・heart radical (no. 61)
    棒
    rod・stick・cane・pole・club…(1)
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