持ち合わせる

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
持 合
も
Grade: 3 		あ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

持(も)ち (mochi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 持(も)つ (motsu, “to hold”)) + 合(あ)わせる (awaseru, “to put together”)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) もちあわせ​る [mòchíáwáséꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • (Tokyo) もちあわせる [mòchíáwásérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞t͡ɕia̠ɰᵝa̠se̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb[edit]

持(も)ち合(あ)わせる • (mochiawaseru) transitive ichidan (stem 持(も)ち合(あ)わせ (mochiawase), past 持(も)ち合(あ)わせた (mochiawaseta))

  1. have, possess
  2. happen to possess, have (something) handy

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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