| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 互助 | ごじょ | mutual aid |
| 助けて | たすけて | help! |
| 助ける | たすける | help (each other) |
| 助かる | たすかる | to be saved, to be rescued, to survive |
| 助手 | じょしゅ | helper, helpmeet, assistant, tutor |
| 助言 | じょげん | piece of advice; counsel |
| 助数詞 | じょすうし | counters |
| 助詞 | じょし | particle |
| 介助 | かいじょ | help, assistance, aid; to assist, to help, to aid |
| 佑助 | ゆうじょ | assistance |
| 助け | たすけ | assistance |
| 助け舟 | たすけぶね | timely help |
| 助役 | じょやく | assistant official |
| 助惣鱈 | すけそうだら, スケソウダラ | walleye pollack, Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) |
| 助成 | じょせい | assisting, assistance, fostering, aiding |
| 助教授 | じょきょうじゅ | assistant professor |
| 助教諭 | じょきょうゆ | assistant or associate professor |
| 助産婦 | じょさんぷ | midwife |
| 天佑神助 | てんゆうしんじょ | divine grace, God's help |
| 扶助 | ふじょ | aid, help, assistance, support |
| 承知之助 | しょうちのすけ | OK, Sure, Yessir!, Okeydokey!, Understood |
| 援助 | えんじょ | assistance, aid, support |
| 救助 | きゅうじょ | relief, aid, rescue |
| 福助 | ふくすけ | large-headed dwarf statue, bringer of good luck |
| 自助 | じじょ | self-help |
| 補助 | ほじょ | assistance, support, aid, auxiliary |
| 賛助 | さんじょ | support, patronage |
| 遅かりし由良之助 | おそかりしゆらのすけ | to let a chance to do something slip through one's fingers |
| 食糧援助 | しょくりょうえんじょ | food assistance |