to protect ②to keep (i.e. a promise)

charm

to watch over ②to watch intently

to hold fast

guardian deity

protection ②providence ③amulet

sword for self-defense

guard

paper charm

small pouch containing a paper charm or talisman

to protect

guardian deity

to defend oneself

to observe the rules

to abide (by the rules)

to keep one's word

to observe the law

to adhere to one's principles

to keep a promise

to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

defense

prison guard

protection ②shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

guardian

defending to the last

viceroy

observance (of laws, rules, etc.)

guardian deity

garrison

offense and defense

castle tower

guards

strict observance

(security) guard

duty of confidentiality

area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend ②(one's) field ③one's type

guardian angel

miser

maintenance ②conservatism

conservatives

looking after a baby

grave maintenance

temple keeper

lullaby

ranger (forest)

lighthouse keeper

court or shrine guard

ferryman

barrier keeper

nurse

person who guards flowers (esp. cherry blossoms)

protecting a rice field

person who tends to trees (e.g. in a garden)

koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Kumagai Morikazu Museum

absence ②house-sitting ③being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.)

care-taking ②caretaker

answering machine

during absence from home

pretending to be out

answering machine

house-sitting ②caretaker (official post in the Edo period)

unattended (video, audio) recording ②message left on the answering machine

house where the family is out

family members left at home

to pretend to be out

(in) one's absence

to fail to be attentive to

to take charge during someone's absence

to pretend to not be home

absence of the gods from their shrines in October (while they are visiting the Grand Shrine of Izumo)

babysitting ②protecting

boat watchman

to support ②to revive (e.g. a company) ③to bring up

babysitting ②taking care of

traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (traveling)

director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryō system)

higonokami

director of Dewa province ②person who frequently makes comparisons with other countries, industries, etc. when complaining about an issue or situation