Illustration: On a quiet practice area beside a neighborhood park, a child pedals a bicycle with both feet actively turning the cranks and both hands steering. An adult jogs alongside with one hand lightly supporting the back of the saddle, preventing a wobble without pushing the handlebars or carrying the child.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

補ほ助じょ

hojo

to assist, to support

Example sentences

  1. その飛行機ひこうきは補助ほじょロケットを使つかって離陸りりくした。

    The airplane used a rocket motor to assist with takeoff.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. また補助ほじょ資料しりょうとなる3冊さつのオランダ医学書いがくしょを提供ていきょうしている。

    He provided three books of Dutch medical science as supplementary materials.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. また、神職しんしょくの補助ほじょ的てきな立場たちばで巫女みこを雇用こようする神社じんじゃが出始ではじめた。

    Some shrines started to hire miko as a role to support Shinto priests.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 補助

  • 補supplement; compensateOnホKunおぎなう
  • 助help; rescueOnジョKunたすける・たすかる・すける

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