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
- —補習教育further education; supplementary education
- —補助漢字supplementary kanji; 5,801 kanji coded in JIS X 0212 to supplement those in JIS X 0208
- —補助艦艇auxiliary vessel
- —補助動詞subsidiary verb (in Japanese); auxiliary verb
- —万年候補ever unsuccessful candidate; persistent candidate
- —利子補給subsidized interest payments; subsidised interest payments
- —補欠選挙special election; by-election; bye-election
- —国家補償state compensation; state reparations
- —泡沫候補fringe candidate
- —改訂増補revised and enlarged (edition)
- —刑事補償criminal indemnity
- —外交官補probationary diplomat
- —損失補填compensation for a loss
- —補強証拠corroboration; supporting evidence
- —補足説明supplementary explanation
- —優勝候補favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title
- —立候補者candidate (for an election)
- —被補助人person subject to a limited guardianship
- —補助参加auxiliary intervention (in a lawsuit)
- —遺族補償compensation to the bereaved family