殿【しんがり】
Frequency rank: 394.
- rear; rear unit guard
- anchor (man)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 殿【しんがり】Frequency rank: 394.
- しんがりFrequency rank: 33,124. – 33,462.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- rear; rear unit guard
- anchor (man)
This usage refers to a protective position at the back of a group, especially in military or tactical contexts. It signifies the role of safeguarding the retreat or ensuring the rear is secure.
The rear guard's role is to protect our unit from enemy attacks.
In this context, it refers to a person responsible for stabilizing or securing a unit, akin to how an anchor secures a ship. This term may be used in both a literal nautical sense or metaphorically in team scenarios.
Generated collocations (experimental)
との殿をまもる守るto guard the rearとの殿でたいき待機するto stand by at the rearとの殿にはいち配置するto deploy at the rearとの殿のぼうぎょ防御rear defenseとの殿のやくわり役割role of the rear unitとの殿でたたかう戦うto fight at the rearとの殿がくずれる崩れるthe rear collapsesとの殿をかためる固めるto fortify the rearとの殿をまかされる任されるto be entrusted with the rearせんとう先頭ととの殿the front and the rear
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