楯
楯

shield, buckler, pretext

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Common Words

盾楯たてNounFreq #3204
1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

Examples
盾の両面を見よ。
Look on both sides of the shield.
矛盾むじゅん矛楯NounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #4224
1

contradiction; inconsistency

Examples
それは矛盾だらけだ。
It's a bundle of contradictions.
後ろ盾後ろ楯うしろだてNounFreq #12176
1

backing; support; backer; supporter; patron; sponsor

2

shield that protects one's back

立てこもる立て篭もる立て籠もるたてこもるたてごもる楯籠るIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #24274
1

to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to)

2

to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up; to hold (a castle, etc.)

Examples
しかし王女は部屋に立てこもって出てこなかった。
However, the princess had barricaded herself in her room and wouldn't come out.
楯突く盾突くたてつくIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #34543
1

to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist

Examples
あの人にたてつかない方がいいよ。
You're better off not getting in his way!
立てこもり立て篭り立て籠り楯籠りたてこもりNounFreq #48046
1

shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.)

2

barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)

小楯こだてNounFreq #123905
1

small shield; screen

盾状楯状たてじょうNoun～の Adj.Freq #143439
1

shield shape

防楯ぼうじゅんNounFreq #147770
1

Military

gun shield (esp. artillery)

楯鱗じゅんりんNounFreq #172581
1

placoid scale

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