保身

Reading

Kana: ほしん

Romaji: hoshin

Definition

noun

1

self-protection

Kanji

保

Readings: ホ、 ホウ、 たも.つ

Meanings: protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support

身

Readings: シン、 み

Meanings: somebody, person, one's station in life

Example Sentence

最大限(さいだいげん)に首相(しゅしょう)という権力(けんりょく)を利用(りよう)し、自己(じこ)の保身(ほしん)の為(ため)に利用(りよう)するキツネのようにずる賢(かしこ)い首相(しゅしょう)に見(み)えてくる。

➥He has come to look like a sly-as-a-fox Premier who uses his position's powers to the fullest extent, to his own advantage.