noun, takes する, transitive verb

Messages.form.
  1. making up (a deficit, loss, etc.), covering, compensation, supplementation, replenishment.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
填補 てんぽ
 
 
てん補 てんぽ
塡補 てんぽ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

fill in
テン は.まる チン
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
true, reality, Buddhist sect
シン ま まっ (3rd, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
tool, utensil, means
グ そな.える つぶさ.に (3rd, N3)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
supplement, supply, make good
ホ おぎな.う (6th, N2)
clothes, clothing radical (no. 145
ころも
for the first time, not until
ホ フ はじ.めて (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)