取り持つ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

() (tori, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb とる (toru, to take)) + () (motsu, to hold)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "取り持つ"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
取り持つ りも
りもつ

Imperative (命令形) 取り持て りも
りもて

Key constructions
Passive 取り持たれる りもたれ
りもたれる

Causative 取り持たせる りもたせ
りもたせる

Potential 取り持てる りもて
りもてる

Volitional 取り持とう りもと
Negative 取り持たない りもたない
りもたない

Negative perfective 取り持たなかった りもたなかった
りもたなかった

Formal 取り持ちます りもちま
Perfective 取り持った りもった
りもった

Conjunctive 取り持って りもって
りもって

Hypothetical conditional 取り持てば りもてば
りもて

Verb

()() (torimotsutransitive godan (stem ()() (torimochi), past ()()った (torimotta))

  1. mediate between parties
  2. entertain guests

Conjugation