How to say "self-protection" in Japanese

• 保身ほしんCommon
  nounCovers self-protection in the figurative sense of safeguarding one's own position, interests, or standing, often with a nuance of acting self-servingly; typical of workplace or political contexts rather than physical safety.
  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が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.
• 護身ごしんCommon
  nounCovers the physical sense of protecting your body or person from attack, the sense also rendered as 'self-defence'; think of self-defence training and personal safety rather than protecting your position or interests.

Use 保身 for protecting your own position, standing, or interests, often with a self-serving nuance, and 護身 for physically defending your body against attack, the sense also rendered as 'self-defence'.

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• 保身ほしんself-protection
• 護身ごしんself-protection
• 自己保全じこほぜんself-protection
• 護身用ごしんよう(for) self-defense
• 自衛団じえいだんself-protection