一助|いちじょichijo[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. noun(some small) help; an aid; some assistance

• Synonym助力じょりょくWrittenWritten/formal prose for lending a hand. 「一助」 humbly frames the help as small; 「助力」 has no such 'just a little' qualifier.
• Synonym力添えちからぞえNeutralNeutral. Help or support, typically as 「お力添え」 in polite requests or thanks; 「一助」 is used to speak humbly of one's own small contribution.
• RelatedアシストCasualColloquial loanword for assistance, also an assist in soccer and the like. 「一助」 is written-style and humble.
• Related手伝いてつだいNeutralNeutral everyday word for helping out or a helper, as with housework. 「一助」 is a written, humble term.
• Related援助えんじょNeutralNeutral. Aid for people, groups or countries in trouble, e.g. 「経済援助」; the scale can be large or small, while 「一助」 only ever means a little help.
• Related支援しえんNeutralNeutral. Support as in 「被災地支援」; broad in use and unrestricted in scale. 「一助」 means only a little help, usually humble but also usable as plain description.
• Related応援おうえんNeutralNeutral. Cheering people on, and by extension reinforcement; it carries an encouraging tone that 「一助」 lacks.
• Related補助ほじょNeutralNeutral. Subsidy or auxiliary support, e.g. 「補助金」, focused on making up for what is lacking; 「一助」 stresses how small the help is.
• Related助けたすけNeutralNeutral noun for help, common in both speech and writing, with none of 「一助」's humble tone.
• Related手助けてだすけNeutralNeutral, everyday word for giving hands-on help; 「一助」 is the written, humble counterpart.
• Related加勢かせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Backing or reinforcements that imply taking someone's side; 「一助」 has no such side-taking nuance.
• Related補佐ほさNeutralNeutral. Assisting someone at their side in their work, also a post title as in 「課長補佐」; 「一助」 means just a little help and says nothing about the helper's role.
• RelatedヘルプCasualColloquial loanword for help or calling for help, familiar from software 「ヘルプ」 menus; never a written humble term like 「一助」.
• Related助太刀すけだちNeutralNeutral. Originally aid in a duel or vendetta, now stepping in to help with anything, keeping a swashbuckling flavor; 「一助」 is a calm, humble word.
• Related幇助ほうじょFormalFormal legal term, usually for aiding a crime, as in 「自殺幇助」; negative overtones make it impossible to swap for 「一助」.

Use 「一助」 to humbly call your own contribution a small help, as in 「〜の一助となれば幸いです」. For everyday help say 「助け」 or 「手伝い」; for aiding people in difficulty, 「援助」 or 「支援」. 「応援」 adds encouragement, 「補助」 fills a shortfall, 「補佐」 is assisting at someone's side, and 「幇助」 is legal talk for abetting a crime.

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1. わずかな助たすけ。少すこしの足たし。