保つ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
たも
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
手持つ

Etymology

Compound of (ta, "hand", bound apophonic form) +‎ 持つ (motsu, "to hold").

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "保つ"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
保つ
Imperative (命令形) 保て
Key constructions
Passive 保たれる もたれ
Causative 保たせる もたせ
Potential 保てる もて
Volitional 保とう もと
Negative 保たない もたない
Negative perfective 保たなかった もたなかった
Formal 保ちます もちま
Perfective 保った った
Conjunctive 保って って
Hypothetical conditional 保てば てば

Verb

(たも) (tamotsutransitive godan (stem (たも) (tamochi), past (たも)った (tamotta))

  1. to keep up; to retain
    体面(たいめん)(たも)
    taimen o tamotsu
    to keep up appearances
  2. to maintain
    室温(しつおん)一定(いってい)(たも)
    shitsuon o ittei ni tamotsu
    to keep a room at a fixed temperature

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.