守護霊

しゅごれい

guardian spirit

守護代

しゅごだい

acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

守護者

しゅごしゃ

guardian; custodian

守護人

しゅごにん

guard, protector

守護神

しゅごじん しゅごしん

guardian deity

守護竜

しゅごりゅう

guardian dragon

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)

守護天使

しゅごてんし

guardian angel

守護聖人

しゅごせいじん

patron saint

守

かみ もり

director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)

木守

こもり

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

堅守

けんしゅ

strong defense, strong defence

守る

まもる

to protect, to guard, to defend

守成

しゅせい

building up and maintaining

田守

たもり

protecting a rice field, watching over a field, person who watches over a rice field

宮守

みやもり

court or shrine guard

花守

はなもり

person who guards flowers (esp. cherry blossoms), flower guard

守勢

しゅせい

(being on the) defensive

堂守

どうもり

temple keeper