持ち堪える

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
こた
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

From () (mochi, the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (motsu, to hold)) + (こた)える (kotaeru, to endure, to withstand).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) ちこたえる [mòchíkótáérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ちこたえ [mòchíkótáéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞t͡ɕiko̞ta̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb[edit]

()(こた)える (mochikotaerutransitive ichidan (stem ()(こた) (mochikotae), past ()(こた)えた (mochikotaeta))

  1. to hang on, to withstand, to endure, to hold up
    最後(さいご)まで()(こた)える
    saigo made mochikotaeru
    to hold up until the end

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

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