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    3. お手伝い

    お手伝い

    お​手て伝つだい​

    maid

    KMT7News #17+1CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab15 strokes

    御手伝い

    おてつだい

    Noun

    1.
    maid, helper

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    2.
    help, assistance
    polite (teineigo) languagehonorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

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    何なにかお手て伝つだいしましょうか。

    May I help you with something?

    KMT5Daily Life
    家か事じのお手て伝つだいをお願ねがいします。

    Please help me with the housework.

    KMT7Daily LifeHome & Housing
    子こ供どもたちがお手て伝つだいをしてくれたので、早はやく終おわった。

    The children helped out, so it finished quickly.

    KMT7Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    週しゅう末まつは庭にわのお手て伝つだいをすることが多おおい。

    I often help with the garden on weekends.

    KMT7Daily LifeHome & Housing
    彼かの女じょは高こう齢れい者しゃの生せい活かつのお手て伝つだいをしている。

    She helps elderly people with their daily lives.

    KMT8Daily LifeFamily & Relationships

    Characters that make up this word

    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    伝
    つた.わる・つた.える・つた.う・つだ.う・-づた.い・つて…(3)
    transmit・go along・walk along・follow・report…(3)
    Kanji
    お
    o
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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