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We need to support and cheer each other on! So, let’s learn some different uses for the word “support”, so that we can use it practically!

Example Sentences

First, let’s try to translate the image above! : “全力で応援くらいさせてくれ”。

Be careful – this is a very casual sentence!

Now, let’s make a word bank:

English	Hiragana / Katakana	Kanji	Romaji (reading)
Full strength	ぜんりょく	全力	Zenryoku
Support / cheer	おうえん	応援	Ouen
At least	くらい	N/A	Kurai
To allow someone to do (te form)	させて	N/A	Sasete
To receive the favour of	くれる	N/A	Kureru

Now, let’s write it out in romaji!:

“Zenryoku de ouen kurai sasete kure”

Let’s change it to hiragana:

“ぜんりょく　で　おうえん　くらい　させて　くれ”

And lastly, let’s add in the kanji:

“全力　で　応援　くらい　させて　くれ”

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We can translate this as: “At least let me support you as much as I can!”

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Let’s try a new sentence!:

If we want to type out what she’s saying, it’s: “友だちの恋の応援なんて初めてだから。”

Now, we need a word bank!

English	Hiragana	Kanji	Romaji (reading)
Friend	ともだち	＊友だち	Tomodachi
Love	こい	恋	Koi
To support / cheer	おうえん	応援	Ouen
Something like…	なんて	N/A	Nante
First time	はじめて	初めて	Hajimete
Because	だから	N/A	Dakara

＊We can also write the entire word with kanji, as 友達.

Now that we know all of the relevant words, let’s put them together in a sentence!

First, in romaji only:

“Tomodachi no koi no ouen nante hajimete dakara”

Now using hiragana:

“ともだち　の　こい　の　おうえん　なんて　はじめて　だから”

Now let’s add in the kanji:

”友だち　の　恋　の　応援　なんて　初めて　だから”

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We can translate this sentence as: “It’s my first time doing something like supporting my friends love!”

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Let’s try one more sentence! What if we want to say… “If you (do me the favour of) supporting me, I have the feelings that I can do it!“

This sentence is going to have a few tricky conjugations!

Let’s get the word bank started!

English	Hiragana / Katakana	Kanji	Romaji (reading)
To support	おうえん	応援	Ouen
To do (te form)	して	N/A	Shite
To receive (conditional form)	くれたら	N/A	Kuretara
To do (potential form)	できる	＊出来る	Dekiru
To have the feeling that…	きがする	気がする	Ki ga suru

＊While we can write dekiru using kanji – 出来る – we often write it just in hiragana

Alright, let’s make some sentences!

First, using romaji only:

“Ouen shite kuretara, dekiru ki ga shimasu!”

Now using hiragana:

“おうえん　して　くれたら、できる　き　が　します！”

Now let’s add in the kanji:

”応援　して　くれたら、できる　気　が　します！”

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And that’s ouen! Have you heard this word before?

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