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助たすける

Kana たすける Romaji tasukeru

JLPT N3 Common word

Definitions

01ichidan verb · transitive

to save; to rescue; to spare

02ichidan verb · transitive

to help; to assist

03ichidan verb · transitive

to support (financially); to contribute (to); to provide aid

04ichidan verb · transitive

to facilitate; to stimulate; to promote; to contribute to

Examples

教育は人格の形成を助ける。

Education helps to mold character.

Tatoeba #180340

私は老婦人が通りを渡るのを助けた。

I helped an old woman across the street.

Tatoeba #152259

彼は池で溺れそうになっている子どもを助けた。

He saved a child from drowning in a pond.

Tatoeba #102214

Other forms

援ける (rarely used kanji form)救ける (rarely used kanji form)扶ける (rarely used kanji form)佐ける (rarely used kanji form)佑ける (rarely used kanji form)輔ける (rarely used kanji form)

Source

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