ガード

See also: カート and カード

Japanese

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ガード [gáꜜàdò] (Atamadaka – [1])
(Tokyo) ガード [gàádó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ːdo̞]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English guard.

Noun

ガード (rōmaji gādo)

guard (person who or thing that protects something)
- 1990 June 25 [Feb 17 1990], Morikawa, George, “Roundラウンド３　ファイティング・ポーズ [Round 3: Fighting Pose]”, in はじめの一いっ歩ぽ THE FIGHTING! [The First Step: THE FIGHTING!], volume 1 (fiction), 3rd edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 104:
  
  ガードをはじきとばしたぞォっ‼
  Gādo o hajiki tobashita zō'‼
  He blew his guard‼

Derived terms

ガードマン (gādoman, “security guard”)
ガードレール (gādorēru, “guardrail”)

Etymology 2

From English girder

Noun

ガード (rōmaji gādo)

viaduct; overpass

Synonyms

高 (こう)架 (か) (kōka)

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