庇う
かばう
Romaji:
kabau
Meaning:
To protect someone, to cover up for someone
The Japanese term 庇う (かばう) means To protect someone, to cover up for someone and appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Quick Info: This word appears frequently in JLPT N1 exams. Mastery helps with both reading and listening sections.
✅ Study tip: Learn 庇う (かばう / kabau) for meaning “to protect someone, to cover up for someone”. This is a JLPT N1 word.
- Listen. Repeat two times. Shadow the audio without pausing.
- Chunk it by sound: か · ば · う.
- Make a 10 second mnemonic with the meaning: “to protect someone, to cover up for someone”.
- Write it once. Say かばう and kabau as you write.
- Cloze it: 『今日は［ ］を使います。』 Then say the answer with the meaning.
- Review at 10 minutes, 1 day, and 3 days.
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