助ける

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
たす
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
扶ける (rare)
輔ける (rare)
右ける (rare)
佑ける (rare)
幇ける (rare)

Etymology

From older 助く (tasuku), a compound of () (ta-, hand) + () (suku, to help). First appears in the late 900s.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「助ける
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
助ける すけ
Imperative (命令形) 助けろ すけ
Key constructions
Passive 助けられる すけられ
Causative 助けさせる すけさせ
Potential 助けられる すけられ
Volitional 助けよう すけよ
Negative 助けない すけない
Negative perfective 助けなかった すけなかった
Formal 助けます すけま
Perfective 助けた けた
Conjunctive 助けて けて
Hypothetical conditional 助ければ すければ

Verb

(たす)ける (tasukerutransitive ichidan (stem (たす) (tasuke), past (たす)けた (tasuketa))

Japanese verb pair
active 助ける
mediopassive 助かる
  1. to help; to assist
    (たす)けてくれてありがとうございます。
    Tasukete kurete arigatō gozaimasu.
    Thank you for helping me.
  2. to save; to rescue
    (たす)けて!お(ねが)い!
    Tasukete! Onegai!
    Help! Please!
    • 2004 September 1, Daisuke Moriyama, “EPILOGUE”, in CHRONO(クロノ) CRUSADE(クルセイド) [Chrono Crusade], volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, →ISBN:
      ()(かん)()れ (ほっ)() ()(がみ)(へん)() (だれ)か……ヨシュア アズ… (だれ)(たす)けて……!クロノ……クロノが(かえ)ってこない (ひと)()で……いなくなる (かえ)()(しょ) クロノ クロノ…
      Jikangire Hossa Tegami no henji Dare ka…… Yoshua Azu… Dare ka tasukete……! Kurono…… Kurono ga kaette konai Hitori de…… inaku naru Kaeru basho Kurono Kurono…
      Time’s running out… The seizure… Letters to reply… Someone… Joshua… Az… Someone help me…! Chrono… Chrono hasn’t come back yet… I’m gonna die… all alone… Nowhere to go… Chrono… Chrono…

Conjugation

Verb

()ける (sukerutransitive ichidan (stem () (suke), past ()けた (suketa))

  1. Synonym of 助ける (tasukeru) above.

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  3. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN