Search Terms: *楯*
Dictionary results(showing 14 results)
noun
1.
backing, support, backer, supporter, patron, sponsor
2.
shield that protects one's back
Other readings:
後ろだて【うしろだて】
、後ろ楯【うしろだて】
Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
•
to defy, to disobey, to rebel against, to oppose, to resist
Other readings:
盾突く【たてつく】
、たて突く【たてつく】
、盾つく【たてつく】
、楯つく【たてつく】
noun
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Canadian Shield, Laurentian Shield, Laurentian Plateau(geology term)
noun
1.
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.)
2.
barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged, holing up (in a building)
Other readings:
立て篭り【たてこもり】
、立て籠り【たてこもり】
、楯籠り【たてこもり】
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to barricade oneself in, to hold (a fort, etc.), to shut oneself up, to be besieged, to dig in
Other readings:
立て篭もる【たてこもる】
、立て籠もる【たてこもる】
、立て籠る【たてこもる】
、立て篭る【たてこもる】
、楯籠る【たてこもる】
、立籠る【たてこもる】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
expression
•
look at both sides of the thing, look at both sides of the shield(proverb)
Other readings:
楯の両面を見よ【たてのりょうめんをみよ】