Moriri

Protect - Protecting represents defense, care, and keeping safe from harm. May your child protect the vulnerable and defend the right.

Keep - Keeping represents maintaining, preserving, and faithful holding. May your child keep their promises and maintain what matters.

Obey - Obedience represents respect for authority, learning, and the path to mastery. May your child obey what is good, learning the path to mastery.

Amulet - Goodness and virtue form the foundation of a meaningful life. May your child embody goodness and cultivate virtue throughout life.

Caretaker - Caretaker represents a role of purpose and contribution to society. May your child embody the caretaker's dedication and skill in their life's work.

Defend, Fortify - Defend/Fortify - To prepare or equip for defense - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of defend/fortify throughout life.

Endure - Enduring represents perseverance, strength, and lasting through challenges. May your child endure difficulties with grace and emerge stronger.

Governor - Governance represents ordered rule, wise administration, and care for those led. May your child govern themselves first, then lead others with wisdom and care.

Maintain - Maintaining represents preservation, care, and steady attention. May your child maintain what is good and care for what matters.

Shelter, Shield - Shelter/Shield - To provide protection or safety - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of shelter/shield throughout life.

Watch, Observe - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

Dignified - Noble titles carry both honor and responsibility to serve others. May your child carry themselves with dignity and serve others honorably.

Severe - Severity represents strictness, discipline, and the tough love that builds character. May your child have the strength to be severe when needed, building character.

Commanding - Command represents authority, decisiveness, and the ability to direct others. May your child command with wisdom, directing others toward good.

Cold - Cold represents clarity, objectivity, and the cool head needed for difficult decisions. May your child have a cool head when needed, clear and objective in judgment.

Stately - State represents condition, status, and the current circumstance of being. May your child maintain a good state of mind, body, and spirit.

Forest - The forest represents collective growth, ecosystem, and natural community. May your child thrive in community.

Lush - Lush growth represents abundance, vital health, and thriving. May your child thrive with lush vitality.

Plum Tree - The plum tree (ume) blooms in late winter, symbolizing resilience, perseverance, and hope. As the first flower of spring, it represents renewal and endurance through hardship. May your child bloom courageously like the plum, even in life's coldest seasons.

Judge - Judges must balance justice with mercy, wisdom with fairness. May your child judge fairly and wisely in all matters of life.

Jailer - Jailer represents a role of purpose and contribution to society. May your child embody the jailer's dedication and skill in their life's work.

Official - Officials carry public trust and responsibility for good governance. May your child serve with integrity in whatever official capacity they hold.