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
- —補助者assistant; helper; supporter
- —補助券voucher; coupon
- —補佐的supportive (role); assistant; assisting
- —補助犬assistance dog; helper dog
- —補器室auxiliary machinery room
- —補給艦supply vessel; replenishment oiler; replenishment vessel
- —補給船supply vessel; supply ship; cargo spacecraft
- —補装具supportive device (for the disabled, e.g. prosthetic limb); assistive device
- —補給食dietary supplement (for sports); energy supplement; nutritional supplement
- —空将補major general (JASDF)
- —海将補rear admiral (JMSDF)
- —陸将補major general (JGSDF)
- —補助費subsidy; grant; assistance payment
- —補填金compensation money
- —補習校supplementary Japanese school (outside Japan); weekend school
- —補充券supplemental ticket; hand-written (train) ticket
- —補助錠auxiliary lock; supplementary lock
- —公認候補official candidate
- —主格補語subject complement
- —補給幹線main supply route