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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.
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Meaning of というか and 手伝って in this sentence
"Especially Gokuu's original wild...how should I say... nature's strength is
helped by a method of hiding his belief in power".

Corrections? I can't comment to add suggestions to the post.
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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.
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