保つ

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Japanese[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

Compound of (ta, "hand", bound apophonic form) +‎ 持つ (motsu, "to hold").

Pronunciation[edit]

  • 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 [tàmóꜜtsù]
Imperative (命令形) 保て [tàmóꜜtè]
Key constructions
Passive 保たれる もたれ [tàmótáréꜜrù]
Causative 保たせる もたせ [tàmótáséꜜrù]
Potential 保てる もて [tàmótéꜜrù]
Volitional 保とう もと [tàmótóꜜò]
Negative 保たない もたない [tàmótáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 保たなかった もたなかった [tàmótáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 保ちます もちま [tàmóchímáꜜsù]
Perfective 保った った [tàmóꜜttà]
Conjunctive 保って って [tàmóꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 保てば てば [tàmóꜜtèbà]

Verb[edit]

(たも) (tamotsutransitive godan (stem (たも) (tamochi), past (たも)った (tamotta))

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

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

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