Kanji1 / 12
補 kanji
supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ホ
Kun readings
おぎなう
Words with 補
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3候補Popularcandidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list; candidacy; candidature; nomination
- N1補給Popularsupply; supplying; replenishment
- N1補強Popularreinforcement; strengthening
- N1補充Popularreplenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
- N1補助Popularassistance; support; help; aid; subsidy; supplement; subvention; grant-in-aid; spotting (in weight training)
- N1補償Popularcompensation; reparation
- N1補足Popularsupplement; complement
- —補完Popularcomplementation; supplementation; completion
- —補欠Popularfilling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate; spare
- —補修Popularrepair; mending
- —補正Popularcorrection; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
- —補佐Popularaid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
- —候補者Popularcandidate; applicant
- —補聴器Popularhearing aid
- —立候補Popularcandidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
- —補正予算Popularrevised budget; supplementary budget
- —補assistant ...; probationary ...
- —兼補carrying on a second line of work
- —修補repairing
- —将補major general (JSDF)