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Grade 6JLPT N2

supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner

12 strokes · frequency rank #332

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おぎな.う

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Common words

  1. こうほcandidate; contender; prospect; pick1
    • Mr Smith is a candidate for mayor.

    • We will take it to the potential customers.

    • He defeated his opponent in the election.

  2. ほしょうcompensation; reparation2
    • The government had to make up for the loss.

    • He compensated me for the accident with money.

    • The insurance company will compensate her for the loss.

  3. ほじょassistance; support; help; aid3
    • The airplane used a rocket motor to assist with takeoff.

    • Your gift will go far towards helping to build the children's hospital.

    • The best efforts of the human race, in addition, were necessary to assist the gods in their cosmic task.

  4. りっこうほcandidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)4
    • I gave up running for president.

    • He stood for an election.

    • I ran for the governor.

  5. ほせいよさんrevised budget; supplementary budget5
  6. ほさaid; help; assistance; assistant6
    • His official title at the company is Assistant to the President.

  7. ほきゅうsupply; supplying; replenishment7
    • This medicine renews your strength.

    • The supplies are beginning to give out.

    • The supplies will give out soon.

  8. ほきょうreinforcement; strengthening8
    • Concrete can be reinforced by putting steel bars inside it.

    • They strengthened the embankments to protect the village from flooding.

    • Far from refuting the thesis that race is to blame for lower IQ score, Lynn's data actually supports it.

  9. おぎなうto supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.)9
    • You had better supplement your diet with vitamins.

    • He supplemented his lecture with a booklet.

    • What he lacked in wit, he made up for in energy.

  10. ほしゅうrepair; mending10
    • After the war most of the highways were in urgent need of repair.

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