救済|きゅうさいkyuusai[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbrelief; aid; help; rescue
   その老人ろうじんは貧民ひんみん救済きゅうさいに多額たがくの金かねを寄付きふした。↗

   The old man contributed a large sum of money to the poor.
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb(religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

• Synonym救助きゅうじょNeutralRescuing people from danger, often with lives at stake as in 「人命救助」; 「救済」 focuses on helping people in hardship out of their plight.
• Synonym救援きゅうえんNeutralEmergency rescue, as in 「救援物資」; 「救済」 centers on relieving people from hardship and also carries a religious sense.
• Synonym救護きゅうごNeutralNursing and treating the sick and injured, as in 「救護班」; 「救済」 focuses on relieving people in hardship.
• Synonym援助えんじょNeutralHelping with money, goods, or manpower, as in 「経済援助」; 「救済」 focuses on relieving people in hardship.
• Synonym救いすくいNeutralNoun for rescue or help, also comfort of the heart or religious salvation; more colloquial. 「救済」 is more written but shares the religious sense.
• Synonym助力じょりょくWrittenWritten/formal: lending a hand to someone's work or activity; 「救済」 focuses on relieving people in hardship.
• Synonym力添えちからぞえNeutralHelping out, often in polite requests like 「お力添えください」; 「救済」 targets people in hardship.
• Related助けるたすけるNeutralEveryday verb for helping or saving someone, the usual choice in daily speech. 「救済」 is a Sino-Japanese noun with a written, formal flavor.
• Related救うすくうNeutralVerb for saving or redeeming someone, at home in both speech and writing. 「救済」 is a noun with a written, formal flavor.
• Related救出きゅうしゅつNeutralRescuing people who are trapped, as in 「人質救出」; 「救済」 focuses on relieving people in hardship.
• Related扶助ふじょWrittenWritten/formal: supporting people who cannot make a living on their own, as in 「生活扶助」. Close to 「救済」 but leans toward everyday support.
• Related保護ほごNeutralProtecting something from harm, as in 「自然保護」; 「救済」 focuses on relieving people who are already in trouble.
• Related援護えんごNeutralBacking and covering someone, including shielding them from attack; 「救済」 focuses on relieving people in hardship.
• Related助けたすけNeutralThe most colloquial word for help or rescue. 「救済」 is more written in tone and is also used for religious salvation.
• Related手助けてだすけNeutralLending a hand with tasks, usually small everyday ones; 「救済」 addresses serious hardship.
• Related介助かいじょNeutralAssisting the elderly, sick, or disabled with their movements and daily care; 「救済」 is about delivering people from hardship.
• Related支援しえんNeutralBacking or supporting a person's action or effort; 「救済」 focuses on relieving people in hardship.
• Related助け出すたすけだすNeutralGetting someone out of danger or trouble; the stress is on the act of rescue itself. 「救済」 focuses on relieving hardship.
• Related救い出すすくいだすNeutralFreeing someone from a predicament; the stress is on the act of getting them out. 「救済」 focuses on relieving hardship.
• Related救い上げるすくいあげるNeutralPulling someone out of the water or danger to safety; the stress is on the act of rescue. 「救済」 focuses on relieving hardship.
• Related人助けひとだすけNeutralColloquial: doing good deeds that help others. 「救済」 is more written in tone and usually targets people in hardship.
• Antonym迫害はくがいNeutralAntonym on the relief-versus-oppression axis: persecution that harms and torments the vulnerable.
• Antonym虐待ぎゃくたいNeutralAntonym on the relief-versus-abuse axis: mistreating those under one's care.

Use 「救済」 for relieving people in hardship or disaster victims, and for religious salvation, as in 「被害者救済」. For pulling someone out of danger use 「救助」 (「人命救助」), for emergency rescue 「救援」, and for freeing trapped people 「救出」. As verbs, say 「救う」 or 「助ける」. The antonym is 「迫害」.

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1. （きゅうさい）災害さいがいや不幸ふこうで苦くるしんでいる人ひとを救すくい助たすけること。
2. （ぐさい、くさい）仏教ぶっきょうで悟さとりに至いたらせ救すくうこと。仏ふつの教おしえによって、苦くるしみや災わざわいから抜け出ぬけだすこと。