- to protect; to guard; to defend
- to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
Godan verb with 'ru' ending; transitive verb
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Since my brother died suddenly two years ago, my sister-in-law has valiantly kept going the small jewellery store he left her.
I'm not a Muslim and so I have no obligation to observe the fast but as long as I'm living in the same apartment having consideration for such a custom is important.
It is not wise, nor in the long run is it kind, to tax the thrifty for the thriftless.