Illustration: In a small restaurant kitchen before opening, the head cook carefully shapes a large platter of food while a second cook works beside her. Without interrupting her concentration, he holds the platter steady with one hand and offers the exact serving utensil she is reaching for with the other.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

補ほ佐さ

hosa

to assist, to support

Example sentences

会社かいしゃでの彼かれの正式せいしきな肩書かたがきは社長しゃちょう補佐ほさである。
His official title at the company is Assistant to the President.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
弟おとうとが彼女かのじょを補佐ほさし国こくを治おさめていた。
Her younger brother assisted her in ruling the state.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
直義ただよしは義詮よしあきらの補佐ほさとして政務せいむに復帰ふっきする。
Tadayoshi returned to the administration in a position to support Yoshiakira.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 補佐

補supplement; compensateOnホKunおぎなう
佐assistant; helpOnサ

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