保つ

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Japanese

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

Etymology

Compound of 手 (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 たもつ
Imperative (命令形) 保て たもて
Key constructions
Passive 保たれる たもたれる
Causative 保たせる たもたせる
Potential 保てる たもてる
Volitional 保とう たもとー
Negative 保たない たもたない
Negative perfective 保たなかった たもたなかった
Formal 保ちます たもちます
Perfective 保った たもった
Conjunctive 保って たもって
Hypothetical conditional 保てば たもてば

Verb

保(たも)つ • (tamotsu) transitive godan (stem 保(たも)ち (tamochi), past 保(たも)った (tamotta))

  1. to keep up; to retain
    体面(たいめん)を保(たも)つ
    taimen o tamotsu
    to keep up appearances
  2. to maintain
    室温(しつおん)を一定(いってい)に保(たも)つ
    shitsuon o ittei ni tamotsu
    to keep a room at a fixed temperature

Conjugation

Conjugation of "保つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 保た たもた tamota
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 保ち たもち tamochi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 保つ たもつ tamotsu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 保つ たもつ tamotsu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 保て たもて tamote
Meireikei ("imperative") 保て たもて tamote
Key constructions
Passive 保たれる たもたれる tamotareru
Causative 保たせる
保たす 		たもたせる
たもたす 		tamotaseru
tamotasu
Potential 保てる たもてる tamoteru
Volitional 保とう たもとう tamotō
Negative 保たない たもたない tamotanai
Negative continuative 保たず たもたず tamotazu
Formal 保ちます たもちます tamochimasu
Perfective 保った たもった tamotta
Conjunctive 保って たもって tamotte
Hypothetical conditional 保てば たもてば tamoteba

References

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