護る: to protect, to defend / to watch carefully / to abide (by rules), to observe (regulations)

please give me / (polite, imperative) please do something for me; expressing a request

Please have a seat. / Please sit down.

Please wait

ferrule (band holding parts of an object together)

the arrival of the sumo wrestlers at the tournament venue

(sumo) official sumo tournament

(honorific) to give / (honorific) to do something for me/us

下さる: to give

(formal) [I, we] wish you a happy new year (literally meet a good year)