補足

• 読み: ほそく
• ローマ字: hosoku
• 漢字の分解: 補 (ho) — supplement, fill, compensate; 足 (soku) — suffice, enough, foot
• 発音: /ho.so.kɯ/

意味

Supplement; complement; additional explanation. Extra information added to make something more complete.

A noun and suru-verb describing the act of adding supplementary information: 補足説明 (supplementary explanation), 補足する (to supplement/add to). Very common in presentations, meetings, and academic writing. Unlike 追加 (tsuika, addition), which adds something new, 補足 fills in gaps or clarifies what was already said. Often used politely: 一点補足させてください (allow me to add one point).

例文

1. 一点補足させてください。
2. 資料には補足説明を付けておいた。
3. 先ほどの説明に補足がある方はいますか。

使い方ガイド

場面: meetings, presentations, academia

トーン: polite

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 補 (ho, supplement/fill) + 足 (soku, suffice/enough). Literally 'supplement to make sufficient' — adding what is needed to complete something.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Educated