Illustration: Floodwater covers the ground floor of a residential street. A rescue boat has reached an upstairs balcony, where an older resident waits with a small dog held inside a laundry basket. One helmeted rescuer steadies the boat while another helps the resident step down, gripping their forearm securely.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

救きゅう援えん

kyuuen

rescue, relief

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらは直ただちに我々われわれの救援きゅうえんにやってきた。

    They came presently to our rescue.

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  2. 救援きゅうえん隊たいが到着とうちゃくしたとき彼かれはまだ生いきていた。

    He was still alive when the rescue party arrived.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 赤十字せきじゅうじは災害さいがいの被害者ひがいしゃを直ただちに救援きゅうえんする。

    The Red Cross gets help to disaster victims without delay.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 救援

  • 救salvation; saveOnキュウKunすくう
  • 援abet; helpOnエン

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