助かる

たすかる · tasukaru · JLPT N3 · verb-godan

helps

🛟 助 = help; tasukaru ≈ task carried, so someone saved you the work

助 means help, as in 助ける (tasukeru, to help someone). The -aru ending makes it intransitive: you are the one who gets helped. People say 助かります! when a favour saves them.

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