[はしら, hashira] (n) (1) pillar; post; (2) support; prop; mainstay; (suf, ctr) (3) counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.; (P) #279
[おも, omo] (adj-na, n) (1) (See 主な, 主に) chief; main; principal; important; (2) (abbr) (usu. written as オモ) (See 重あど) main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen); (P) #295
[りょく, ryoku] (n) (1) force; strength; might; vigour (vigor); energy; (2) capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; faculty; (3) efficacy; effect; (4) effort; endeavours (endeavors); exertions; (5) power; authority; influence; good offices; agency; (6) (See 力になる) support; help; aid; assistance; (7) stress; emphasis; (8) means; resources; (P) #489
[たいおう, taiou] (n, vs) (1) interaction; correspondence; coping with; dealing with; support; (2) { comp } software support; ability of a computer system to run specific software; (P) #670
[だい, dai] (n, n-suf) (1) stand; rack; table; (2) support; (3) belt; (ctr) (4) counter for machines, incl. vehicles; (n) (5) setting (e.g. in jewellery); (n, n-suf, ctr) (6) (See 代・だい・2, 代・だい・6) level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life); (P) #686
[どくりつ, dokuritsu] (adj-na, n, vs) independence (e.g. Independence Day); self-support; (P) #781
[sa-bisu (P); sa-visu] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) service; support system; (2) goods or services without charge; (P) #840
[しえん, shien] (n, vs) support; backing; aid; assistance; (P) #997
[さんせい, sansei] (n, vs, adj-no) approval; agreement; support; favour; favor; (P) #1059
[しじ, shiji] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) support; holding up; propping; (2) support; backing; endorsing; (P) #1521
[はいけい, haikei] (n) (1) background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context; (2) backing; support (from behind the scenes); (P) #1925
[よぶ, yobu] (v5b, vt) (1) to call out (to); to call; to invoke; (2) to summon (a doctor, etc.); (3) to invite; (4) to designate; to name; to brand; (5) to garner (support, etc.); to gather; (6) (arch) (See 娶る) to take as one's wife; (P) #2149
[sapo-to] (n, vs) support; (P) #2461
[おうえん, ouen] (n, vs) aid; assistance; help; reinforcement; rooting; barracking; support; cheering; (P) #2790
[ほじょ, hojo] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) assistance; support; aid; help; (2) subsidy; supplement; subvention; grant-in-aid; (3) auxiliary; subsidiary; (4) spot (in bodybuilding); (P) #3440
[えんじょ, enjo] (n, vs, adj-no) assistance; aid; support; (P) #5275
[わき, waki] (n) (1) armpit; under one's arm; side; flank; (2) (also written as 傍, 側) beside; close to; near; by; (3) aside; to the side; away; out of the way; (4) off-track; off-topic; (5) (usu. written ワキ in Noh) deuteragonist; supporting role; (6) (abbr) (See 脇句) second verse (in a linked series of poems); (P) #5679
[みかた, mikata] (n, vs, adj-no) friend; ally; supporter; (P) #5865
[ささえ, sasae] (n) support; stay; prop #6095
[ようご, yougo] (n) (1) protection; advocacy; support; defence; championship; vindication; (vs) (2) to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support; (P) #8127
[こうえん, kouen] (n, vs) support; backing; (P) #8534
[ささえる, sasaeru] (v1, vt) (1) to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up; (2) to hold at bay; to stem; to check; (P) #9048
[こくぶんじ, kokubunji] (n) (Nara Era) state-supported provincial temples; (P) #9340
[すごす, sugosu] (v5s, vt) (1) to pass (time); to spend; (2) to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (3) (arch) to take care of; to support; (suf, v5s) (4) to overdo; to do too much; (5) to ... without acting on it; (P) #10508
[きょうさん, kyousan] (n, vs) support; mutual aid; cooperation; approval; authorization; authorisation; (P) #10714
[ようりつ, youritsu] (n, vs) back; support; (P) #10973
[sapo-ta-(P); sapo-ta] (n) (1) supporter; (2) regular (guest) on a TV program; (P) #11345
[たもつ, tamotsu] (v5t, vt) to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to support; to sustain; to last; to endure; to keep well (food); to wear well; to be durable; (P) #11567
[うらづけ, uraduke] (n, adj-no) backing; support; endorsement; collateral; security; guarantee; proof; substantiation; foundation; lining (something); something lined; (P) #13115
[わきやく, wakiyaku] (n, adj-no) supporting role (actor); minor role; (P) #13155
[あとおし, atooshi] (n, vs) pushing; backing; boosting; supporting; (P) #16447
[かたん, katan] (n, vs) support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy; (P) #17255
[ふだい, fudai] (n) (1) successive generations; (2) (abbr) (See 譜代大名) hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) #18924
[じょりょく, joryoku] (n, vs) assistance; support; (P) #19723
[くろご;くろこ, kurogo ; kuroko] (n) (1) stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; (2) behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller #19962
[onsaitosapo-to] (n) { comp } on-site support
[onrainsapo-tosenta-] (n) { comp } online support center
[kasutama-sapo-to] (n) { comp } customer support
[コンピュータしえんきょうちょうさぎょう, konpyu-ta shienkyouchousagyou] (n) { comp } computer supported cooperative work; CSCW
[sapo-touea] (n) { comp } support-ware
[sapo-toguru-pu] (n) { comp } support group
[sapo-tosutaffu] (n) { comp } support staff
[sapo-tosenta-] (n) support centre (center)
[システムしえん, shisutemu shien] (n) { comp } system support; system aids
[sutento] (n) stent (tubular support temporarily placed inside a blood vessel, etc.)
[ソフトウェアしえん, sofutouea shien] (n) { comp } software support
[tekunikarusapo-to] (n) { comp } technical support
[テロしえんこっか, tero shienkokka] (n) state sponsor of terrorism; state that sponsors or supports terrorism
[トモダチさくせん(トモダチ作戦);ともだちさくせん(友達作戦), tomodachi sakusen ( tomodachi sakusen ); tomodachisakusen ( tomodachi sakusen )] (n) Operation Tomodachi; United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
[ni-sapo-ta-] (n) knee supporter