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    3. 護持

    護持

    護ご持じ

    defend and maintain

    KMT10News #40+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab29 strokes

    ごじ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    defend and maintain, support, protection

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    寺じ院いんは古ふるくからの伝でん統とうを護ご持じしている。

    The temple maintains its ancient traditions.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは先せん祖ぞだ代い々だいの土と地ちを護ご持じする責せき任にんを負おっている。

    He bears the responsibility of preserving the ancestral land.

    KMT10Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    国こっ家かの独どく立りつと平へい和わを護ご持じすることは、国こく民みん全ぜん体たいの義ぎ務むである。

    Maintaining the nation's independence and peace is the duty of all citizens.

    KMT10Politics & LawMilitary
    仏ぶっ教きょうの教おしえを護ご持じし、次じ世せ代だに伝つたえることが僧そう侶りょの使し命めいだ。

    It is the mission of monks to uphold Buddhist teachings and pass them on to future generations.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    この神じん社じゃは、地ち域いきの信しん仰こうを護ご持じする中ちゅう心しん的てきな存そん在ざいだ。

    This shrine is a central presence that preserves the local faith.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    護
    まも.る…(2)
    safeguard・protect
    持
    も.つ・-も.ち・も.てる…(3)
    hold・have
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