幇ほう助じょ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

assistance; support; backing

General term for providing help or support, often in a formal or organizational context. Can be used as a noun or with する.

• 彼かれの幇ほう助じょがなければ、プロジェクトは成せい功こうしなかっただろう。

  Without his assistance, the project would not have succeeded.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

aiding and abetting; abetment

Legal term for assisting or facilitating a crime. Often used in the phrase 幇助罪 (ほうじょざい, 'abetment crime').

• 彼かれは殺さつ人じん幇ほう助じょの疑うたがいで逮たい捕ほされた。

  He was arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting murder.