Illustration: Outside an apartment building, a resident struggles to carry a large laundry basket toward the communal drying area. A neighbor returning home notices the awkward load and takes the far handle, immediately leveling the basket.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

手て伝つだい

tetsudai

help, assistance

It can also mean a helper. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 台所だいどころでお母かあさんの手伝てつだいをしていたの。

    I helped my mother in the kitchen.

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  2. 私わたしたちはみな収穫しゅうかくの手伝てつだいをした。

    We all helped with the harvest.

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  3. 彼女かのじょは昼食ちゅうしょくの手伝てつだいをした。

    She helped cook lunch.

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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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