もつ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もつ [móꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

もつ • (motsu) 

1. short for 臓物 (zōmotsu), offal

   もつ鍋(なべ) ― motsu nabe ― tripe stew

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of もつ – see the following entry.

【持つ】 [verb] to hold, to carry something [verb] to have, to possess [verb] to hold up, to maintain Alternative spelling 有つ

(This term, もつ (motsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as もつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as もつ.