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鎮守

鎮守

Chinese

 
composed; small town; to suppress; to press down; to post
 to guard
trad. (鎮守) 鎮 守
simp. (镇守) 镇 守

Verb

鎮守

  1. to guard (region, etc.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鎮 守
ちん
Grade: S 		しゅ > じゅ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

鎮守 ‎(hiragana ちんじゅ, romaji chinju)

  1. local Shinto deity, village deity
    • 1935, 寺田寅彦, 自由画稿:
      田舎 (いなか)では鎮守 (ちんじゅ)の祭 (まつ)りや市日 (いちび)の売店 (ばいてん)があった。
      Inaka de wa chinju no matsuri ya ichibi no baiten ga atta.
      In rural areas there were shops for market days or festivals for the village god.

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

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