救う (すくう, sukuu) Japanese meaning: rescue | Kotomora

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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.

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.