GRAMMAR DETAIL

〜も手伝って

helped along by · partly because of

Indicates that an additional circumstance joined the main cause and made an expected result or state more pronounced.

Examples

連休初日の晴天も手伝って、公園は朝から家族連れでにぎわった。

Helped along by the clear weather on the first day of the holiday weekend, the park was bustling with families from the morning onward.

休日の好天も手伝って、海辺は混雑した。

Partly because of the fine holiday weather, the beach was crowded.

乾燥した空気も手伝って、火は急速に広がった。

Helped along by the dry air, the fire spread rapidly.

Structure: Attach も手伝って to a noun naming a cause to show that it contributes alongside other causes and intensifies the result.
Basic usage: 乾燥した空気も手伝って、火は急速に広がった。 means that dry air also contributed to the fire's rapid spread.

An additional cause marked by も
- 好天も手伝って adds fine weather as one cause among others. Compared with 好天のために, it makes the involvement of other circumstances more apparent.
Positive and negative outcomes
- It can describe an unwelcome outcome such as 火は急速に広がった, as well as a busy park. 手伝う in this causal construction does not judge the result desirable.