Japanese: Is it possible to abbreviate 保護者(hogosha)? ?
I already found out that the 1st and 2nd character both mean something like 'to protect' and the 3rd means person.
Is is possible to eliminate the 2nd character or would that make no sense in japanese?
The reason is i want to inscribe the characters in a very small space and the second is to complicated to fit there.
Many thanks!
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It is not possible to eliminate the 2nd character. That would make no sense at all.
保:to maintain, to keep
護:protection, guard
者:person, someone
A combination of the 1st and 2nd kanji has a verb-object relation. You would need 3 each kanji to make the meaning "person who maintains protection". Just 保者 would be "person who maintains". You might ask, "maintain WHAT".
Hope this helps.
Its not about spacing like the alphabet where you can just abbreviate.
Hogo (保護》means to protect but when you add the the sha(者) it means legal guardian or in most cases refers to the parent...
the word ho (保) can also be found in the word hoken which means insurance...or also with regards to law enforcement (保安官 hoankan or sheriff) as in to protect and serve. it can also mean protecting the environment(保安林 hoanrin or forest reserve)...
with the first and second characters together ...it can also be read as tamotsu which means to maintain, retain or uphold...it depends on what you are trying to convey...
hope this helps
first my computer doesnt support japanese. so i cant see your japanese in the question.
you can write
ho - kanji
go - hiragana
sha - kanji
as well.
you can leave difficult characters in hiragana when you write japanese sentence. but its like kid's writing though.