Illustration: In the storage room of a Japanese pottery workshop, a craftsperson fastens a new diagonal wooden brace across the back of an existing shelving unit. The brace connects opposite corners of the frame, and fresh screws clearly show the added support.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

補ほ強きょう

hokyou

to reinforce, to strengthen

Example sentences

  1. コンクリートは中なかに鋼鉄こうてつの棒ぼうを入いれる事ことで補強ほきょうされる。

    Concrete can be reinforced by putting steel bars inside it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれらは村むらを洪水こうずいから守まもるために堤防ていぼうを補強ほきょうした。

    They strengthened the embankments to protect the village from flooding.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 台風たいふうの日ひは茎くきが折おれる危険性きけんせいがあるので補強ほきょうする必要ひつようがあります。

    On days where there’s a typhoon, there’s a risk the stalks will break, so they must be reinforced.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 補強

  • 補supplement; compensateOnホKunおぎなう
  • 強strongOnキョウ・ゴウKunつよい・つよまる・つよめる

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