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guard

On-Yomi: シュ、ス — Kun-Yomi: まも.る、まも.り、もり、-もり、かみ

Elements:

guard, house, glue

Heisig story:

The notion of guarding something easily brings to mind the image of someone standing guard, like the royal soldiers in front of Buckingham Palace or the Pope's Swiss Guard. The whole idea of hiring guards is that they should stick like glue to your house to protect it from unwanted prowlers. So go ahead and glue a guard to your house in imagination.

Koohii stories:

1) [certain] 5-4-2006(173): A GUARD is usually "glued" to the house he watches.

2) [rakutenka] 2-7-2007(65): A guard provides a measure of security to those under a roof.

3) [Ninjasha] 16-12-2007(37): A good GUARD should stick to your house like glue and be willing to take any measures to protect you.

4) [strobrod] 5-4-2009(12): A good guard never leaves the house he watches over. He's practically glued to it.

5) [jshield1] 21-4-2009(6): A guard gives those under a roof a measure of security.

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