Word Meaning 保守

ほしゅ hoshu

保守 is read as ほしゅ (hoshu) and means maintenance.

Meaning

English

  1. maintenance
  2. conservatism
  3. conservativeness
  4. conservation

Reading

Kana

ほしゅ

Romaji

hoshu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Antonyms 革新 Rank 1527 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

保守党

ほしゅとう

Conservative Party

保守的

ほしゅてき

conservative

保守新党

ほしゅしんとう

New Conservative Party (defunct Japanese political party)

保守政権

ほしゅせいけん

conservative government

保守本流

ほしゅほんりゅう

conservative mainstream (in Japan assoc. with LDP faction of Shigeru Yoshida)

保守性

ほしゅせい

maintainability

保守点検

ほしゅてんけん

maintenance checkup

保守派

ほしゅは

conservatives

保守主義

ほしゅしゅぎ

conservatism

保守車両

ほしゅしゃりょう

maintenance train

保守パネル

ほしゅぱねる

maintenance panel

保守王国

ほしゅおうこく

staunchly conservative area

Example Sentences

10

かれはほしゅてきなかんがえをもっている。

He has conservative ideas.

Tom was conservative.

Tom is very conservative.

I will do the machine maintenance.

The Conservative Party won the election in 1992.

The English are said to be conservative.

In the election, conservatives and progressives were fighting each other.

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

I never meant to say that the conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally conservative.

Speaking with reporters in Montreal, Canada, Walesa says the change of leadership in East Germany came about because the old guard leaders missed the train of history.