野菜不足を補うために、毎日スムージーを飲んでいる。
I drink a smoothie every day to make up for my lack of vegetables.
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Supplementing the lack of nutrition with supplements.
最近では、生活費を補うために共働きをする夫婦が増えています。
Recently, the number of dual-income couples working to supplement their living expenses is increasing.
漢字の読みを補うために、送り仮名が付けられる。
Okurigana are added to supplement the reading of kanji.
彼は自分の駑鈍さを嘆いていたが、努力でそれを補おうとした。
He lamented his own dull-wittedness but tried to make up for it through effort.
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Used when adding something to fill a gap or to compensate for a loss or mistake.
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