How to Say ‘Help me’ in Japanese
助けてください
tasuke te kudasai
[tasuke te kudasai]
💬 Usage Tip: [ください] means "please give me," so after a verb in [て]-form like [助けて], it makes a polite request: [助けてください]. You can reuse this pattern with many actions, like [待ってください] "please wait."
Phrase Breakdown
助け
tasuke
[tasuke]
help
Requesting assistance.
誰か助けてください！
Someone, please help!
て
te
[te]
connective
Used to connect verbs to auxiliary verbs.
持っていってください。
Please take this.
ください
kudasai
[kudasai]
please do
A polite way to request a favor.
もう一度言ってください。
Please say it again.
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