守る

From Old Japanese.[1][2][3] Related to 目 (me, “eye”) and 見る (miru, “to see, to look at”), with an underlying meaning of to watch over.[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) も​る [móꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[4]
  • IPA^(key): [mo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

守る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana もる, rōmaji moru)

1. (archaic) to stand watch over something, to be on the lookout for something (such as a watchman controlling entry to a place)
2. (archaic) to protect or defend something, to ensure that something is safe

• (watch out for): 見 (み)張 (は)る (miharu)
• (protect): 護 (まも)る (mamoru), 守 (まも)る (mamoru); 守 (しゅ)護 (ご)する (shugo suru)

• 守 (も)り (mori), 守 (もり) (mori): a watchman, a keeper; a nursemaid, a babysitter
• 守 (まも)る (mamoru) (see below)

Compound of 目 (ma, “eye, sight”, old combining form) +‎ 守る (moru, “protect, watch over”).[1][2][3]

• (to protect, to defend): 護る

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) まも​る [màmóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][4]
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠mo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

守る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana まもる, rōmaji mamoru)

1. to protect, to defend

   『ぼくの地 (ち)球 (きゅう)を守 (まも)って』

   “Boku no Chikyū o Mamotte”

   “Please Save My Earth”

   • 2005 November 9, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “武ブ装ソウ錬レン金キンファイナル [Armed Alchemy: The Final Act]”, in 武ブ装ソウ錬レン金キン [Armed Alchemy], volume 9, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     ………その覚 (かく)悟 (ご)　一 (いっ)体 (たい)どこから……？

     ………Sono kakugo Ittai doko kara……?

     ………Such resolve. Where did you get it from……?

     もちろん！あの惑 (ほ)星 (し)から　あそこには守 (まも)りたい人 (ひと)達 (たち)が大 (おお)勢 (ぜい)いる　一 (いち)番 (ばん)…守 (まも)りたい人 (ひと)がいる

     Mochiron! Ano hoshi kara Asoko ni wa mamoritai hitotachi ga ōzei iru Ichiban… mamoritai hito ga iru

     Of course! From that planet. Where there are many people I sworn to protect. But most of all… where there’s the one person I sworn to protect.

2. to watch carefully
3. to abide (by rules), to observe (regulations)

• (defend): 防 (ふせ)ぐ (fusegu)
• (watch carefully): 見守 (みまも)る (mimamoru)

• (attack): 攻 (せ)める (semeru)

• お守 (まも)り (omamori): a good-luck charm issued by a Shinto shrine

Alteration of mamoru.[1][2]

• 護る

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) まぼ​る [màbóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠bo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

守る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana まぼる, rōmaji maboru)

1. see mamoru above

Alteration of maboru.[1][2][3]

• 護る

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) まぶ​る [màbúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠bɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

守る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana まぶる, rōmaji maburu)

1. see mamoru above