救う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
すく
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

救う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana すくう, rōmaji sukuu)

  1. save, rescue, relieve
    この (いぬ) (やま) (そう) (なん) (しゃ) (すく)ように (くん) (れん)されている。
    Kono inu wa yama no sōnansha o sukuu yō ni kunren sarete iru.
    This dog is trained to rescue climbers who have met with accidents.
  2. get someone back on the right track
     (すく) (がた)無情者 (むじょうもの)
    sukui-gatai mujōmono
    an incurable slob

Conjugation

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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