[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
[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
[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
[baipure-ya-] (n) supporting actor (wasei
[えんごしゃげき, engoshageki] (n, vs) (1) (providing) covering fire; (2) supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
[かけいのたすけ, kakeinotasuke] (exp) assistance in supporting a family
[きょうげんまわし, kyougenmawashi] (n) supporting, but indispensable role; major supporting role
[くがくせい, kugakusei] (n) working (self-supporting) student
[ほったてごや, hottategoya] (n) (1) (See 小屋) hut; shanty; hovel; shack; (2) house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
[げいごう, geigou] (n) (uk) (See 仕手) secondary or supporting actor in a noh or kyogen play
[さんじょかいいん, sanjokaiin] (n) supporting member
[さんせいろん, sanseiron] (n) supporting argument
[しきゃくもん;よつあしもん, shikyakumon ; yotsuashimon] (n) style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
[しじそう, shijisou] (n) base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer
[じえい, jiei] (n, vs, adj-no) independent; self-employed; self-supporting; operating own business; (P)
[じじょどりょく, jijodoryoku] (n, vs) self-help efforts; self-supporting endeavor
[おもあど, omoado] (n) (See 迎合・あど) main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
[じょこう, jokou] (n) supporting attack
[かみごま;かみこま, kamigoma ; kamikoma] (n) nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)
[さわりがね, sawarigane] (n) (obsc) (See 上駒) nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)
[しりおし, shirioshi] (n, vs) pushing from behind; backing; supporting; instigation; instigator
[すそのさんぎょう, susonosangyou] (n) supporting industries; component and parts-supply industries
[そでばしら, sodebashira] (n) small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate
[たんきこつ, tankikotsu] (n) bones supporting the fins of a fish
[てんちゅう, tenchuu] (n) pillars supporting heaven
[ときょう, tokyou] (n) piece of wood supporting deeply receded eaves, esp. in temple construction
[どくりつさいさんせい, dokuritsusaisansei] (n) a self-supporting accounting system
[やつあしもん;はっきゃくもん(八脚門), yatsuashimon ; hakkyakumon ( hachi ashi mon )] (n) single-tiered gate with eight secondary pillars supporting the four main central pillars
[ほきょうしょうこ, hokyoushouko] (n) corroboration; supporting evidence
[ぼうしょう, boushou] (n, vs) supporting evidence; corroboration
[むえん, muen] (n) helpless; unsupporting
[よくさん, yokusan] (n, vs) supporting; countenance; assistance
[わきばしら, wakibashira] (n) (1) (See 脇・わき・5) downstage left pillar (on a noh stage), by which the supporting actor introduces himself; (2) doorjamb; jambe; jamb
[しゅ, shu] (n) actor; supporting post (in a roof truss)
[てこいれ(梃入れ);テコいれ(テコ入れ), tekoire ( tekoire ); teko ire ( teko ire )] (n, vs) supporting; shoring up
[ひいきびいき, hiikibiiki] (n) each person supporting (patronizing) his (her) own favorite