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1 exact word match found in search '鎮守の杜'
Most common form: 鎮守の森
noun
grove of the village shrine
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8 partial word matches found in search '鎮守の杜'
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noun
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
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noun
1. a weight  (Buddhist term; archaic)
2. temple supervisor  (this meaning is restricted to reading ちん)
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Most common form: 守り
noun
1. protection; defense; defence
2. providence
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noun
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)  (see also: 国司, 長官)
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Most common form: 守り
noun
1. babysitting; babysitter
2. protecting; keeping; keeper
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particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: ; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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Most common form:
noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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Most common form:
noun
1. forest
2. shrine grove  (see also: 鎮守の杜; esp. 杜)
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