Meaning of というか and 手伝って in this sentence


The sentence is from Dragon ball, Mutenrôshi, the teacher of Gokû and Krilin,
is telling someone about how good his pupils became. He then says this :

> とくに悟空はもともとの野生 **というか** 天性の強さも **てつだって** 信じられんようなパワーを秘めておる。

I believe てつだって means something along the lines of "in addition", therefore I
believe the second part of the sentence means :

> In addition to his natural strength, he is hiding an incredible power.

Am i right so far?

Regarding というか, I found that it means something like "in other words", "or
rather"... the idea behind being rephrasing what has been said in another/a
better/a more accurate manner. Doesn't seem to fit here though...

Thanks for your time.




The phrase _[noun]も手伝って【てつだって】_ _(lit. with [noun] helping too; with the help
of [noun])_ is used to cite the _[noun]_ as one of the factors contributing to
a particular situation. In the present sentence, " _thanks (partly) to_ "
might be a more apt translation.

As for _というか_ , it's indeed true that it indicates the rephrasing of the
preceding word/phrase, and this meaning applies fine enough here too.

> (Especially in the case of Goku,) thanks (partly) to his fundamental wild -
> or should I say innate - strength, Goku has an incredible power hidden
> within.




The phrase _[noun]も手伝って【てつだって】_ _(lit. with [noun] helping too; with the help
of [noun])_ is used to cite the _[noun]_ as one of the factors contributing to
a particular situation. In the present sentence, " _thanks (partly) to_ "
might be a more apt translation.

As for _というか_ , it's indeed true that it indicates the rephrasing of the
preceding word/phrase, and this meaning applies fine enough here too.

> (Especially in the case of Goku,) thanks (partly) to his fundamental wild -
> or should I say innate - strength, Goku has an incredible power hidden
> within.

