No. 2,473 in Japanese
保守
"Conservatism" or "maintenance."
In a sentence
その機械の保守が毎月行われています。
The maintenance of that machine is conducted monthly.
Here, '保守' is used to indicate the maintenance and servicing of equipment or machines.
彼の意見は保守的すぎると感じました。
I felt that his opinion was too conservative.
In this sentence, '保守' is part of the adjective '保守的', which means 'conservative', referring to ideas or attitudes favoring traditional norms or practices.
ネットワークシステムの保守契約を検討しています。
We are considering a maintenance contract for the network system.
This example uses '保守' in a business context to refer to maintenance agreements or plans for systematic maintenance.
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