What does 手伝う mean in Japanese?

手伝う (てつだう) means "to help" in Japanese.

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Q: How do you use 手伝う in a sentence?

母の料理を手伝うのが好きです。 (ははのりょうりをてつだうのがすきです。) — I like helping my mother with the cooking.

Kana: てつだう

to help

⛩️ Japanese Level 2 🏃 Actions & Verbs

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母の料理を手伝うのが好きです。

ははのりょうりをてつだうのがすきです。

I like helping my mother with the cooking.

What 手伝う means

手伝う (てつだう) is a Japanese word meaning “to help”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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