手伝い
N3てつだい tetsudai
- help
- helper
- assistant
noun
Chinese meanings
帮忙;助手
Examples
- 台所でお母さんの手伝いをしていたの。I helped my mother in the kitchen.我当时在厨房帮妈妈。
- 彼女は進んで母親の手伝いをした。She helped her mother of her own accord.她主动帮母亲的忙。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('4b1cb88257'); // 手伝い
{
"id": "4b1cb88257",
"word": "手伝い",
"reading": "てつだい",
"romaji": "tetsudai",
"meanings": [
"help",
"helper",
"assistant"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1328170,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "台所でお母さんの手伝いをしていたの。",
"furigana": "{台所|だいどころ}でお{母|かあ}さんの{手伝|てつだ}いをしていたの。",
"en": "I helped my mother in the kitchen.",
"tatoeba_id": 137837
},
{
"ja": "彼女は進んで母親の手伝いをした。",
"furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{進|すす}んで{母親|ははおや}の{手伝|てつだ}いをした。",
"en": "She helped her mother of her own accord.",
"tatoeba_id": 88473
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "561e5b46fccd15840284c2e33cedc071fe6c3dbab036f49784222bb0455cb6e0",
"meanings": [
"帮忙",
"助手"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "台所でお母さんの手伝いをしていたの。",
"zh": "我当时在厨房帮妈妈。"
},
{
"ja": "彼女は進んで母親の手伝いをした。",
"zh": "她主动帮母亲的忙。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/4b1cb88257",
"JMdict ent_seq 1328170; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "dc669bc0cf9294de285aeae8c054b6f72c00f5b92c5e379f8685c0b42cef8521",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}