助力|じょりょくjoryoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbassistance; support
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 助力する（じょりょくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 助力します（じょりょくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 助力しない（じょりょくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 助力しません（じょりょくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 助力せず・助力せぬ（じょりょくせず・じょりょくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 助力した（じょりょくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 助力しました（じょりょくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 助力しなかった（じょりょくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 助力しませんでした（じょりょくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 助力して（じょりょくして） |
| Potential | 助力できる（じょりょくできる） |
| Passive | 助力される（じょりょくされる） |
| Causative | 助力させる（じょりょくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 助力させられる（じょりょくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 助力すれば（じょりょくすれば） |
| tara | 助力したら（じょりょくしたら） |
| Volitional | 助力しよう（じょりょくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 助力しましょう（じょりょくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 助力しろ（じょりょくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym補助ほじょWrittenWritten/formal prose. Help that makes up for a shortfall, as in 「補助金」; leans toward financial or functional supplements, though it also covers hands-on assisting.
- Synonym補佐ほさFormalFormal. Means assisting a superior in their work, often as a position title like 「課長補佐」; leans toward official roles.
- Synonym援助えんじょWrittenWritten/formal prose. Aid given to people or countries in difficulty, as in 「経済援助」; broader social or international helping.
- Synonymお手伝いおてつだいNeutralColloquial. Helping out, and also a hired domestic maid; leans toward housework and small chores.
- Synonym力添えちからぞえNeutralLending a hand, as in 「お力添えください」; typically a polite phrase used when asking for help.
- Synonym支援しえんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Organizational support for activities, as in 「被災地支援」; leans toward organized, group-level backing.
- Synonym応援おうえんNeutralCheering and encouragement, also sending extra hands as reinforcement; leans toward vocal support and rallying.
- Synonym手助けてだすけNeutralGiving a hand with a task; common in speech and leaning toward concrete, small-scale help.
- Synonym加勢かせいNeutralJoining one side to help, as in 「喧嘩に加勢する」; leans toward taking sides in a conflict or contest.
- SynonymアシストNeutralLoanword. General assistance, and in sports the assist (final pass before a goal); leans toward athletic contexts.
- Synonym援護えんごWrittenWritten/formal prose. Covering and protecting someone while supporting them, as in 「援護射撃」; leans toward protection.
- Synonym後援こうえんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Backing or sponsorship from behind the scenes, as in 「後援会」; leans toward nominal support.
- Synonym救済きゅうさいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Relieving people in distress, as in 「被害者救済」; leans toward institutional, system-level relief.
- Synonym手伝いてつだいNeutralHelping out or working as a helper, as in 「家事の手伝い」; leans toward everyday tasks.
- Synonym扶助ふじょWrittenWritten/formal prose. Support for living, as in 「生活扶助」; leans toward social welfare provisions.
- Synonym後押しあとおしNeutralColloquial. Literally pushing from behind, figuratively backing and encouraging someone.
- Synonym助けたすけNeutralThe most general word for help, as in 「助けを求める」; usable in almost any context.
- SynonymサポートNeutralLoanword. Support or service backing, as in 「カスタマーサポート」; common for products and services.
- Synonym一助いちじょWrittenWritten/formal prose. A small measure of help, mostly in the humble phrase 「〜の一助となれば」.
- Synonym協賛きょうさんFormalFormal. Endorsing a project or plan and giving cooperation or sponsorship; used by companies, groups and individuals, as in 「協賛企業」.
- Synonym肩入れかたいれNeutralColloquial. Showing partial, personal support for one side, as in 「新人に肩入れする」.
- Synonym手伝うてつだうNeutralVerb. The most common colloquial verb for helping, as in 「引っ越しを手伝う」; also means to contribute to an outcome.
- Synonym加担かたんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Joining in and supporting, often wrongdoing, as in 「犯罪に加担」.
- Synonym助勢じょせいWrittenWritten/formal prose and less common. Lending one's strength, close in sense to 「加勢」.
- SynonymヘルプNeutralLoanword, colloquial. Helping out or calling for help, as in 「ヘルプに入る」.
- Related救助きゅうじょNeutralRescuing people in danger, as in 「人命救助」; leans toward emergency situations.
- Related介助かいじょNeutralPhysically assisting the elderly, sick or disabled with actions, as in 「食事介助」; caregiving contexts.
- Related救援きゅうえんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Rescuing disaster areas or people in peril, as in 「救援物資」.
- Related救護きゅうごWrittenWritten/formal prose. Nursing and treating the sick and injured, as in 「救護班」.
- Related支持しじNeutralBacking or endorsing a person, idea or party, as in 「政党支持率」; leans toward one's stance rather than hands-on help.
- Antonym妨害ぼうがいWrittenWritten/formal prose and the opposite of 「助力」: obstructing something by harming or interfering with the other party.
- Antonym阻害そがいWrittenWritten/formal prose and opposite of 「助力」: blocking or holding back progress or development.
For everyday helping use 「手伝う」 or 「助け」. 「助力」 is for written, formal lending of effort to someone's work, as in 「ご助力をお願いします」. Use 「支援」 for organized backing, 「救助」 for rescuing people in danger, and 「妨害」 when you mean obstruction instead.
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