持ち堪える
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 持 | 堪 |
| も Grade: 3 |
こた Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
From 持ち (mochi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 持つ (motsu, “to hold”)) + 堪える (kotaeru, “to endure, to withstand”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) もちこたえる [mòchíkótáérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) もちこたえる [mòchíkótáéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
- IPA(key): [mo̞t͡ɕiko̞ta̠e̞ɾɯ̟]
Verb
持ち堪える • (mochikotaeru) transitive ichidan (stem 持ち堪え (mochikotae), past 持ち堪えた (mochikotaeta))
- to hang on, to withstand, to endure, to hold up
- 最後まで持ち堪える
- saigo made mochikotaeru
- to hold up until the end
- 最後まで持ち堪える
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 持ち堪え | もちこたえ | mochikotae |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 持ち堪え | もちこたえ | mochikotae |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 持ち堪える | もちこたえる | mochikotaeru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 持ち堪える | もちこたえる | mochikotaeru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 持ち堪えれ | もちこたえれ | mochikotaere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 持ち堪えよ¹ 持ち堪えろ² |
もちこたえよ¹ もちこたえろ² |
mochikotaeyo¹ mochikotaero² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 持ち堪えられる | もちこたえられる | mochikotaerareru |
| Causative | 持ち堪えさせる 持ち堪えさす |
もちこたえさせる もちこたえさす |
mochikotaesaseru mochikotaesasu |
| Potential | 持ち堪えられる 持ち堪えれる³ |
もちこたえられる もちこたえれる³ |
mochikotaerareru mochikotaereru³ |
| Volitional | 持ち堪えよう | もちこたえよう | mochikotaeyō |
| Negative | 持ち堪えない 持ち堪えぬ 持ち堪えん |
もちこたえない もちこたえぬ もちこたえん |
mochikotaenai mochikotaenu mochikotaen |
| Negative continuative | 持ち堪えず | もちこたえず | mochikotaezu |
| Formal | 持ち堪えます | もちこたえます | mochikotaemasu |
| Perfective | 持ち堪えた | もちこたえた | mochikotaeta |
| Conjunctive | 持ち堪えて | もちこたえて | mochikotaete |
| Hypothetical conditional | 持ち堪えれば | もちこたえれば | mochikotaereba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential