支える (ささえる): support, hold, sustain — Japanese vocabulary
支える is read ささえる and means "support, hold, sustain". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
支える
- Reading
- ささえる · sasaeru
- Translation
- support, hold, sustain
- Level
- JLPT N3
- Pitch accent
- ささえるがささえるが
Example
なんとかそこで支えよ。入市を許すな。
なんとかそこでささえよ。にゅうしをゆるすな。
Hold them there! Don't let them into the city!
Kanji in this word
- 支 — support, branch
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