助長

See also: 助长

Chinese

to help; to assist
 
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (助長)
simp. (助长)

Pronunciation


Verb

助長

  1. to encourage growth; to foster; to contribute to a development; to drive
  2. (derogatory) to induce; to impel; to encourage; to provoke; to foment; to abet

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
じょ
Grade: 3
ちょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

助長 (hiragana じょちょう, rōmaji jochō)

  1. promotion, encouragement, furtherance, advancement[2]

Verb

助長する (suru conjugation, hiragana じょちょうする, rōmaji jochō suru)

  1. to promote, to encourage, to foster, to foment, to forward[2]

References

  1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.
  2. Taishukan's Genius Japanese-English Dictionary (in English), Tōkyō: Taishukan, 1998.
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