<entry id="2291203" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1368120</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>人助け</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ひとだすけ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>kind deed</gloss>
<gloss>(a) kindness</gloss>
<gloss>helping others</gloss>
<gloss>helping someone</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2013-01-14 19:14:40" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_refs>prog
"人助けして" 9200k (b)</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vs;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -13,0 +14,1 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;helping another person&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-01-17 00:47:55" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-02-06 05:43:16" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>As a concept, more likely to be "helping others" than "helping someone". 

see also, eijiro:
https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%e4%ba%ba%e5%8a%a9%e3%81%91

"an act of mercy" really sounds like you're killing someone(or pardoning a crime). I can't see how or why this would be used.  I imagine "an act of charity" was the idea. But that also seems unnecessary.

In an unexpected twist, this isn't even [vs].  sankoku confirms (lists only as 名).  eijiro glosses are all ~をする。 

obviously the を is often omitted. But we don't even mark スキー as [vs].
人助けをして	2983	9.8%
人助けして	1390	4.6%
スキーをして	17671
スキーして	8487</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://context.reverso.net/translation/japanese-english/%E4%BA%BA%E5%8A%A9%E3%81%91
helping others
helping people
helping other people
たくさん人助けしたんだろうな Well, I guess he helped a lot of people.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,3 +12,2 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vs;&lt;/pos&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;act of mercy&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;helping another person&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;helping others&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;helping someone&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-02-06 06:01:46" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>GG5, etc.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,0 +12,2 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;kind deed&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;(a) kindness&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>