おぎなう
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)
1. to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
If so, there must surely be somewhere a strength sufficient to make up for it.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap
to remedy one's defects
to bridge a gap; to supply a lack
Examples (8 in total)
He supplemented his lecture with a booklet.
Diligence may compensate for lack of experience.
We will make up for the missing parts and keep moving forward from now on.
You must make up the loss next week.
He tried to make up for his lack of sleep by taking a nap.
If so, there must surely be somewhere a strength sufficient to make up for it.
It is also a place to learn the parts that cannot be supplemented by school classes alone.
I must work hard to make up for lost time.