a guard, a jailer, a prison warder

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

(archaic) to stand watch over something, to be on the lookout for something (such as a watchman controlling entry to a place) / (archaic) to protect or defend something, to ensure that something is safe

(Classical Japanese) to be watching continuously, to be on watch repeatedly, to be on look out / (Classical Japanese) to protect something, to take care of something

(Classical Japanese) to be watching continuously, to be on watch repeatedly, to be on look out / (Classical Japanese) to protect something, to take care of something

(Classical Japanese) to be watching continuously, to be on watch repeatedly, to be on look out

a gate / (religion) a sect, school of thought / (biology) a phylum, division / Short for 門限 (mongen): a curfew

counter for cannons or large guns

doorway, exit and entrance / teaching institution / clan, family, kin / set of academic doctrines / Used in Sanskrit transliterations

a gate, portal / an entrance, gateway, opening / a clan, family, kin