助成

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 助成 means helping an activity take place, and is especially common in financial-support contexts.
• Basic usage: It describes support for things such as artists’ activities or repair costs, and also appears as 助成する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Assistance and grant money
  • 助成 is the provision of support, while 助成金 is money paid for that purpose. 助成を申請する means applying for assistance.
• Scope compared with 支援
  • 支援 is used broadly for support through staff, expertise, money, and other means. 助成 focuses on helping a project or activity be carried out.