Illustration: Beside a small Japanese fishing harbor, a soaked kayaker has just been pulled onto a rescue boat. He sits safely inside the gunwale, clutching the rescue ring against his chest, shoulders dropping in unmistakable relief.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

救すくわれる

sukuwareru

to be saved, to be rescued

Example sentences

  1. 乗組員のりくみいんは全員ぜんいん救すくわれた。

    All the crew were saved.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. もう諦あきらめようと思おもったとき、彼かれの励はげましの言葉ことばに救すくわれた。

    Just as I was about to give up, his words of encouragement saved me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. そうすれば、百姓ひゃくしょうはあの世よまで救すくわれる。

    If they do that, the peasants will be saved even in the afterlife.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 救

  • 救salvation; saveOnキュウKunすくう

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