本尊

ほんぞん

principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva), principal image, idol

御本尊

ごほんぞん

principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva), principal image, idol

日本武尊

やまとたける

Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto

日本守宮

にほんやもり ニホンヤモリ

Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus)

日本井守

にほんいもり ニホンイモリ

Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster)

保守本流

ほしゅほんりゅう

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

守り

まもり もり

babysitting, babysitter

守り袋

まもりぶくろ

small pouch containing a paper charm or talisman

守り札

まもりふだ

paper charm or talisman

守り刀

まもりがたな もりがたな

sword for self-defense, sword for self-defence

墓守り

はかもり

grave keeper

木守り

きまもり きまぶり

fruits left on a tree during winter (supposedly causing more fruits to appear in the next season)

守り神

まもりがみ

guardian deity

お守り

おもり おまもり

charm, amulet

守り人

まもりびと

guard, watchman

船守り

ふなもり ふねもり

boat watchman, watching over a boat

尊

とうと たっと みこと そん

zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze)

守

かみ もり

director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)

守り切る

まもりきる

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