JLPT N3 · Verb

助ける (tasukeru)

助ける (たすける, tasukeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to save; to rescue”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
たすける
Romaji
tasukeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to save; to rescue; to spare · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to help; to assist · ichidan verb, transitive
  3. to support (financially); to contribute (to); to provide aid · ichidan verb, transitive
  4. to facilitate; to stimulate; to promote; to contribute to · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼は池で溺れそうになっている子どもを助けた。
He saved a child from drowning in a pond.
私は老婦人が通りを渡るのを助けた。
I helped an old woman across the street.
教育は人格の形成を助ける。
Education helps to mold character.

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

Conjugation of 助ける

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary助けるたすける tasukeru
Polite (~masu)助けますたすけます tasukemasu
Negative助けないたすけない tasukenai
Polite negative助けませんたすけません tasukemasen
Past助けたたすけた tasuketa
Polite past助けましたたすけました tasukemashita
Negative past助けなかったたすけなかった tasukenakatta
Te-form助けてたすけて tasukete
Potential助けられるたすけられる tasukerareru
Passive助けられるたすけられる tasukerareru
Causative助けさせるたすけさせる tasukesaseru
Volitional助けようたすけよう tasukeyou
Imperative助けろたすけろ tasukero
Conditional (~ba)助ければたすければ tasukereba

Kanji in 助ける

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 助ける.

Source: JMdict entry 1344410 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.