Word Meaning 守護

すご sugo

守護 is read as すご (sugo) and means shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor).

Meaning

English

  1. shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
  2. protection
  3. safeguard

Reading

Kana

すご

Romaji

sugo

Writing Variants

  • 守護 しゅご shugo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 8095 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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守護神

しゅごじん

guardian deity

守護大名

しゅごだいみょう

provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period)

守護人

しゅごにん

guard

守護代

しゅごだい

acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

守護天使

しゅごてんし

guardian angel

守護聖人

しゅごせいじん

patron saint

守護者

しゅごしゃ

guardian

守護竜

しゅごりゅう

guardian dragon

守護霊

しゅごれい

guardian spirit

守衛

しゅえい

(security) guard

守衛所

しゅえいじょ

guard station

守備率

しゅびりつ

one's fielding average