救きゅう助じょ

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じょ

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救助する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	救きゅう助じょする	救きゅう助じょしない
Polite	救きゅう助じょします	救きゅう助じょしません
Past polite	救きゅう助じょしました	救きゅう助じょしませんでした
Past	救きゅう助じょした	救きゅう助じょしなかった
Te-form	救きゅう助じょして	救きゅう助じょしないで
Desire	救きゅう助じょしたい	救きゅう助じょしたくない
Potential	救きゅう助じょできる	救きゅう助じょできない
Passive	救きゅう助じょされる	救きゅう助じょされない
Causative	救きゅう助じょさせる	救きゅう助じょさせない
Causative passive	救きゅう助じょさせられる	救きゅう助じょさせられない
Volitional	救きゅう助じょしよう
Polite volitional	救きゅう助じょしましょう
Imperative	救きゅう助じょしろ	救きゅう助じょするな
Conditional	救きゅう助じょすれば	救きゅう助じょしなければ
Tara conditional	救きゅう助じょしたら	救きゅう助じょしなかったら

Meanings

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

rescue; relief; aid

Refers to saving people from danger or disaster, often used in emergency contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.

消しょう防ぼう隊たいが被ひ災さい者しゃを救きゅう助じょした。
The fire brigade rescued the victims.
救きゅう助じょ活かつ動どうは夜よ通どおし続つづけられた。
Rescue operations continued through the night.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を救きゅう助じょするto rescue someone
溺おぼれていた男だん性せいを救きゅう助じょした。
They rescued a man who was drowning.
救きゅう助じょを求もとめるto call for rescue/help
船ふねが沈しずみかけ、乗のり組くみ員いんは救きゅう助じょを求もとめた。
As the ship began to sink, the crew called for rescue.
救きゅう助じょに向むかうto head out to rescue (someone)
ヘリコプターが救きゅう助じょに向むかった。
A helicopter headed out to carry out the rescue.
〈場ば所しょ〉から救きゅう助じょするto rescue (someone) from a place
登と山ざん者しゃを山やまの中なかから救きゅう助じょした。
They rescued the climber from inside the mountain.
救きゅう助じょが行おこなわれるfor a rescue (operation) to be carried out
夜よ通どおし救きゅう助じょが行おこなわれた。
The rescue operation was carried out all through the night.

Kanji

救salvation, save, help
助help, rescue, assist

Related words· 7

救きゅう援えんN1
救助 focuses on physically saving people from immediate danger, while 救援 often refers to sending supplies, personnel, or broader support.
救きゅう出しゅつ
救出 specifically means pulling or extracting someone out of a dangerous situation, whereas 救助 is the broader act of rescuing or aiding.
救きゅう済さいN2
救済 refers to relieving people from hardship (often economic or social), while 救助 refers to rescuing people from physical danger.
救きゅう命めい
救助 is the broader term for rescuing or relieving someone from danger, while 救命 narrows the focus specifically to saving a life.

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レスキュー
救助 is the native Japanese word for rescue used in formal and official contexts, while レスキュー is a loanword that sounds more modern and is common in compounds like レスキュー隊.
救すくいN1
救助 refers specifically to a physical rescue operation, whereas 救い can also mean emotional or spiritual relief.
救すくうN3
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.

Don't confuse with

駆く除じょ
駆除 (くじょ, extermination) and 救助 (きゅうじょ, rescue) sound similar but have opposite-feeling meanings—one destroys, the other saves.

Word family· 11

救きゅう助じょ網あみ
safety net; cowcatcher
救きゅう助じょ船せん
rescue ship; lifeboat
救きゅう助じょ艇てい
lifeboat; rescue boat
救きゅう助じょ袋ぶくろ
escape chute
救きゅう助じょ隊たい
rescue team; rescue party

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人じん命めい救きゅう助じょ
lifesaving; rescue of human life
救きゅう助じょ活かつ動どう
rescue operation; rescue work; aid operation
海かい難なん救きゅう助じょ
sea rescue; air-sea rescue; ASR
災さい害がい救きゅう助じょ
disaster relief
救きゅう助じょ工こう作さく車しゃ
heavy rescue vehicle; rescue truck

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Etymology

Compound of 救 (save, rescue) and 助 (help, assist). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of rescuing and aiding.