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Meaning of 看守(かんしゅ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 看守

Kana Reading かんしゅ

Romaji kanshu

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

jailer; gaoler

Examples of 看守, かんしゅ in a sentence

囚人は連行していた看守の手を振り切って脱走した。

The prisoner broke away from the guards who were holding him.

Related Kanji

看 JLPT 2

9 strokes

watch over, see

On'Yomi: カン

Kun'Yomi: み.る

守 JLPT 3

6 strokes

guard, protect, defend, obey

On'Yomi: シュ, ス

Kun'Yomi: まも.る, まも.り, もり, -もり, かみ