守る

Compound of 目(ま) (ma-, “eye, sight”, archaic) + 守(も)る (moru, “protect, watch over”, Etymology 2).[1][2][3] まぼる and まぶる are alterations of まもる.

• (Tokyo) まも​る [màmóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][4]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠mo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

守(まも)る • (mamoru) transitive godan (stem 守(まも)り (mamori), past 守(まも)った (mamotta))

(rare) 守(まぼ)る or 守(まぶ)る • (maboru or maburu) transitive godan (stem 守(まぼ)り (mabori), past 守(まぼ)った (mabotta))

1. 護る: to protect, to defend

   『ぼくの地(ち)球(きゅう)を守(まも)って』

   “Boku no Chikyū o Mamotte”

   “Please Save My Earth”

   • 2005 November 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)ファイナル [Armed Alchemy: The Final Act]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) (武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)) [Armed Alchemy], volume 9, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     ………その覚(かく)悟(ご)　一(いっ)体(たい)どこから……？

     ………Sono kakugo Ittai doko kara……?

     …Such resolve. Where did you get it from…?

     もちろん！あの惑(ほ)星(し)から　あそこには守(まも)りたい人(ひと)達(たち)が大(おお)勢(ぜい)いる　一(いち)番(ばん)…守(まも)りたい人(ひと)がいる

     Mochiron! Ano hoshi kara Asoko ni wa mamoritai hitotachi ga ōzei iru Ichiban… mamoritai hito ga iru

     Of course! From that planet. Where there are many people I sworn to protect. But most of all… where there’s the one person I swore to protect.

2. to watch carefully
3. to abide (by rules), to observe (regulations)

• (defend): 防(ふせ)ぐ (fusegu)
• (watch carefully): 見(み)守(まも)る (mimamoru)

• (antonym(s) of “attack”): 攻(せ)める (semeru)

• お守(まも)り (omamori): a good-luck charm issued by a Shinto shrine
• 見(み)守(まも)る (mimamoru): to look after

From Old Japanese.[1][2][3] Related to 目 (me, “eye”) and 見る (miru, “to see, to look at”), with an underlying meaning of to watch over.[1]

• (Tokyo) も​る [móꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[4]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

守(も)る • (moru) transitive godan (stem 守(も)り (mori), past 守(も)った (motta))

1. (archaic) to stand watch over something, to be on the lookout for something (such as a watchman controlling entry to a place)
2. (archaic) to protect or defend something, to ensure that something is safe

• (watch out for): 見(み)張(は)る (miharu)
• (protect): 護(まも)る (mamoru), 守(まも)る (mamoru); 守護(しゅご)する (shugo suru)

• 守(も)り (mori), 守(もり) (mori): a watchman, a keeper; a nursemaid, a babysitter
• 守(まも)る (mamoru) (Etymology 1)