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手伝う is an exact match with one form of the following word:
手伝う
BOOST
Reading : てつだう   
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to help; to assist; to aid
2. to contribute to; to be a factor in
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
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手伝う is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 83,000 (about 3,080,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 216 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 8815
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 46 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
ここ
そして
わたし
てつだ
手伝
って

Come here and help me.
わたし
しごと
仕事
てつだ
手伝
あります
Are you willing to help me with that work?
かのじょ
彼女
しんせつ
親切
わたし
てつだ
手伝
ってくれました

She was kind enough to help me.
手つだう
BOOST
Reading : てつだう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 99,000 (about 1,940,000 results)
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シュ   hand   て    た-    
デン   つたえる to tell, transmit   つたわる to be handed down   つた to go along   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
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