protection; safeguard

to shield (to protect, to defend)

hut, shack, hovel, shanty (a hut built by burying pillars directly in the soil)

paper that has become useless; wastepaper / something that is useless

overprotective

overprotection

shoo (used with e.g. cattle and horses) / hello, hallo

indulgingly, thoughtlessly

The hiragana syllable ほ (ho). Its equivalent in katakana is ホ (ho). It is the thirtieth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行お段 (ha-gyō o-dan, “row ha, section o”).

ear of grain / (calligraphy) tip of a brush