扶助|ふじょfujo[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbaid; help; assistance; support

• Synonym援助えんじょNeutralGeneral-purpose assistance, often of money or goods; 「扶助」 leans toward welfare and legal aid for people struggling to live on their own, as in 「生活扶助」.
• Synonym支援しえんNeutralBroadly usable; stresses concrete acts of helping and, unlike 「扶助」, is not specifically about welfare.
• Synonym助力じょりょくWrittenWritten/formal prose: lending one's strength to another's work or activity; centers on assisting an effort.
• SynonymサポートNeutralLoanword for support, including after-sales service; common in conversation.
• Synonym応援おうえんNeutralCheering someone on or reinforcing them; covers rooting for a team as well, and fits both one-off and ongoing support.
• Synonym力添えちからぞえNeutralLending a hand; most often heard in the polite request 「お力添え」.
• Synonym援護えんごNeutralCovering and shielding someone, with the focus on protecting them from attack; leans military.
• Synonym補佐ほさNeutralAssisting a superior, with the focus on one's official supporting role, as in 「課長補佐」.
• SynonymヘルプNeutralLoanword for help or a helper; also used when calling for help and for the Help menu on a computer.
• SynonymエイドNeutralLoanword for aid, mostly in compounds such as 「エイドステーション」.
• Related補助ほじょNeutralSubsidizing or supplementing what is lacking, as in 「補助金」; not specifically welfare support for the needy like 「扶助」.
• Related助けるたすけるNeutralThe everyday verb for rescuing or helping; the most common word in daily life, but not institutional support like 「扶助」.
• Related加担かたんNeutralTaking one side and helping it, often with the negative nuance of involvement in wrongdoing; 「扶助」 is positive support.
• Related助成じょせいWrittenWritten/formal prose: funding to further a cause, typically money from government or foundations; centers on financial backing.
• Relatedお手伝いおてつだいNeutralColloquial and polite helping with small everyday tasks; not a welfare system like 「扶助」.
• Related介添えかいぞえNeutralAttending at someone's side to look after them, as in nursing care or as a bridesmaid; stresses being there to assist.
• Related救援きゅうえんNeutralRescue and relief, as in disasters; stresses saving people in emergencies, not long-term support like 「扶助」.
• Related後援こうえんNeutralBacking or sponsorship, mostly for events or people, as in 「後援会」.
• Related救済きゅうさいNeutralRelief for people hit by disaster or misfortune; also found in legal and religious contexts, stressing rescue from hardship.
• Related救いすくいNeutralRescue or spiritual solace, with a religious overtone, as in 「救いの手」.
• Related後ろ盾うしろだてNeutralA powerful backer or patron; stresses having someone behind you, not welfare aid.
• Related介助かいじょNeutralHands-on care assistance for the elderly or disabled, as in 「食事介助」 (help with meals).
• Related後押しあとおしNeutralColloquial: a push from behind, figuratively backing someone up; stresses moving things forward.
• Related協賛きょうさんNeutralAgreeing with a project and supporting or sponsoring it; used of companies and organizations alike, with emphasis on sponsoring events.
• Related肩入れかたいれNeutralColloquial: partial, emotionally invested support for one side; favoritism.
• Related支持しじNeutralBacking or endorsement, typically of opinions, policies or political parties; not support for daily living like 「扶助」.
• Related幇助ほうじょWrittenWritten/formal prose: helping someone commit a crime; a legal term with a negative sense, where 「扶助」 is positive support.
• Antonym阻害そがいWrittenAntonym. Written/formal prose for obstructing or inhibiting something; the opposite of the support 「扶助」 gives.
• Antonym妨害ぼうがいNeutralAntonym. Getting in the way of or interfering with something, as in 「業務妨害」; the opposite of helping.

Use 「扶助」 for welfare and legal aid that helps people who cannot manage daily life on their own, as in 「生活扶助」 and 「相互扶助」. For general assistance say 「援助」 or 「支援」; for nursing care 「介助」; for disaster relief 「救援」; for funding 「助成」. The opposites are 「妨害」 and 「阻害」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. たすけること、てつだうこと。
2. 独立どくりつして生計せいけいを営いとなめない者ものに対たいして、適当てきとうな扶養ふようをおこなう親族しんぞく等とうがいない場合ばあい、国家こっか等とうがこれに代かわって生計せいけいを営いとなめるように経済的けいざいてきな支援しえんを行おこなうこと。公的こうてき扶助ふじょ。
3. 乗馬じょうば・馬術ばじゅつにおいて騎手きしゅが馬うまに合図あいずや命令めいれいを伝つたえるため、また馬うまの動うごきを補助ほじょし、促うながすための動作どうさ。