Dictionary/近衛このえKonoe近衛 (Konoe) is a Japanese noun meaning “Imperial Guards”.MeaningsnounImperial GuardsKanji in 近衛近near衛defenseRelated words最近recently近くnear近いnear近づくto approach近所neighbourhood行方(one's) whereabouts付近neighborhood近頃lately近づけるto bring near接近getting closer近々soon身近near oneself