Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/助者

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
助 者
Grade: 3 Grade: 3
irregular
Alternative spelling
助者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 助者 (“help(er), aide”), a term which decomposes into 助 (“help”) + 者 (“one who...”), to native Japanese word たすけ (tasuke, “help”) to denote one who helps, helper.

Noun[edit]

助者 (たすけ)[1] (tasuke) → 助 (たす)け (tasuke)

  1. help (as in helper)

Quotations[edit]

  1. ^ OT, page 2:
    ヱホバ神 (かみ)言(いひ)たまひけるは人(ひと)獨(ひとり)なるは善(よか)らず我(われ)彼(かれ)に適(かな)ふ助者(たすけ)を彼(かれ)のために造(つく)らんと
    EHOBA Kami ii tamaikeru wa hito hitori naru wa yokarazu ware kare ni kanau tasuke wo kare no tame ni tsukuran to
    And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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