See also: 預防 and 豫防

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
ぼう
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
豫防 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(ぼう) (yobōよばう (yobau)?

  1. prevention or protection, especially from disease or natural disasters

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

()(ぼう)する (yobō suruよばう (yobau)?suru (stem ()(ぼう) (yobō shi), past ()(ぼう)した (yobō shita))

  1. prevent disease or suffering due to natural disasters

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.