保つ

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) たも​つ [tàmóꜜtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ta̠mo̞t͡sɨᵝ]
  • 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 [tàmóꜜtsù]
Imperative (命令形) 保て たも​て [tàmóꜜtè]
Key constructions
Passive 保たれる たもたれ​る [tàmótáréꜜrù]
Causative 保たせる たもたせ​る [tàmótáséꜜrù]
Potential 保てる たもて​る [tàmótéꜜrù]
Volitional 保とう たもと​ー [tàmótóꜜò]
Negative 保たない たもた​ない [tàmótáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 保たなかった たもた​なかった [tàmótáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 保ちます たもちま​す [tàmóchímáꜜsù]
Perfective 保った たも​った [tàmóꜜttà]
Conjunctive 保って たも​って [tàmóꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 保てば たも​てば [tàmóꜜtèbà]

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

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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