救すくう

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

救う · godan verb (-u)

Meanings

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

rescue; save; help out of difficulty

Broad physical and practical rescue: saving someone from danger, trouble, or a difficult situation.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

save spiritually; redeem; bring to salvation

Religious or spiritual deliverance: saving a soul from sin, suffering, or damnation. Common in Christian contexts.

〈人ひと〉を救すくうto save/rescue someone
消しょう防ぼう士しが火か事じの中なかから子こ供どもを救すくった。
The firefighter rescued the child from the fire.
魂たましいを救すくうto save a soul (spiritual salvation)
神かみはすべての人ひとの魂たましいを救すくうと信しんじられている。
It is believed that God saves the souls of all people.
〈人ひと〉を〈事こと〉から救すくうto save someone from something (danger, poverty, etc.)
その支し援えん金きんが多おおくの家か族ぞくを貧ひん困こんから救すくった。
The aid money saved many families from poverty.
命いのちを救すくうto save a life
この薬くすりが多おおくの命いのちを救すくった。
This medicine has saved many lives.

急きゅうを救すくうhelp someone out of danger; rescue from a crisis
救すくいの手てhelping hand; help; support; aid
救すくいようがないbeyond saving; hopeless; irredeemable
救すくいようのないhopeless; irredeemable; beyond saving
薪たきぎを抱いだいて火ひを救すくうhaving one's good intentions backfire dangerously; causing harm when trying to prevent it

救すくわれる
救う is the transitive verb meaning 'to rescue someone', while 救われる is its intransitive/passive counterpart describing the state of being rescued.

助たすけるN4
助ける is the everyday word for helping or aiding someone, while 救う implies rescuing from a serious or desperate plight, or spiritual salvation.
救きゅう助じょN3sense 1
救助する is a formal term for official rescue operations (police, coast guard, etc.), while 救う is broader and covers personal, emotional, or religious rescue.
救きゅう済さいN2sense 2
救済する means to relieve or redeem someone from suffering (often economic or social), while 救う is the more general verb usable in physical, emotional, or spiritual contexts.
生いかすN2
救う means 'to save' someone from danger or death, while 生かす focuses on the resulting state of letting or keeping that person alive.
手てを差さし伸のべるN1
救う means to save someone from danger or hardship, a stronger and more dramatic act than 手を差し伸べる, which can simply mean offering support.

陥おとしいれる sense 1
陥れる means to trap or plunge someone into a bad situation, the opposite of 救う, which means to rescue someone out of one.

すくうN1
掬う (すくう) means to scoop up water or sand with the hands or a ladle, a completely different word that just happens to share the same reading as 救う.

救すくうUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling for both physical rescue and spiritual salvation.
すくうUsage1%
済すくうUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Native Japanese verb. The kanji 救 carries the meaning of 'rescue, save, help' and is used in many compounds with similar meanings.