Illustration: In a small apartment kitchen, a wall shelf has sagged after one bracket came loose. One housemate crouches beneath it with both palms pressed firmly upward, elbows braced and knees bent to carry the weight. The other tightens the loose bracket with a screwdriver.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

支ささえる

sasaeru

to support, to hold up

Example sentences

彼女かのじょが一家いっかを支ささえている。
She supports her family.
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このくらいの収穫量しゅうかくりょうでは、そこの経済けいざいを支ささえるのに十分じゅうぶんではありません。
That amount of crops isn’t enough to support their economy.
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彼かれはつえで体からだを支ささえた。
He supported himself with a stick.
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Kanji in 支

支branch; supportOnシKunささえる・つかえる・かう

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