JLPT N3 · Noun

手伝い (tetsudai)

手伝い (てつだい, tetsudai) is a Japanese noun meaning “helper; assistant”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: てつだい
Romaji: tetsudai
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

helper; assistant · noun
help; assistance · noun

Example sentences

４年間は彼は最初の値段で芝を刈ってくれたが、その年の終わりに彼はしょっちゅう手伝いを連れていることに気がついた。

For four years, he cut the grass at the original price, but I noticed that toward the end of that year, he had a helper with him quite often.

Tatoeba #235194

台所でお母さんの手伝いをしていたの。

I helped my mother in the kitchen.

Tatoeba #137837

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 手伝い

手

handシュ・ズ・て・て- · 4 strokes

伝

transmit, go along, walk alongデン・テン・つた.わる・つた.える · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 手伝い.

手てhand切手きってstamp (postage)上手じょうずskillful手紙てがみletter下手へたunskillfulお手洗いおてあらいtoilet手袋てぶくろglove運転手うんてんしゅdriver手伝うてつだうto help手術しゅじゅつsurgery手段しゅだんmeans助手じょしゅassistant相手あいてcompanion握手あくしゅhandshake

Source: JMdict entry 1328170 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.