Illustration: On the balcony of a Japanese apartment, a parent hangs a freshly washed bedsheet from a laundry pole while a child helps hold its lower end off the ground. The parent reaches up with a clothespin, and the child raises both arms as high as possible, taking their supporting role very seriously.

JLPT N4suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

お手て伝つだい

otetsudai

to help

A polite form of 手伝い. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. お手伝てつだいしましょう。

    Let me help you.

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  2. 私わたしもお手伝てつだいします。

    I’ll help, too.

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  3. お手伝てつだいいただけますか。

    Could you help me?

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Kanji in 手伝

  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-
  • 伝transmit; go alongOnデン・テンKunつたわる・つたえる・つだう

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