保つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
保
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) たもつ [tàmóꜜtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA^(key): [ta̠mo̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Verb

保つ (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana たもつ, rōmaji tamotsu)

to keep up; to retain
体面 (たいめん)を保 (たも)つ
taimen o tamotsu
to keep up appearances
to maintain
室温 (しつおん)を一 (いっ)定 (てい)に保 (たも)つ
shitsuon o ittei ni tamotsu
to keep a room at a fixed temperature

Conjugation

Conjugation of "保つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	保た	たもた	tamota
Continuative (連用形)	保ち	たもち	tamochi
Terminal (終止形)	保つ	たもつ	tamotsu
Attributive (連体形)	保つ	たもつ	tamotsu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	保て	たもて	tamote
Imperative (命令形)	保て	たもて	tamote
Key constructions
Passive	保たれる	たもたれる	tamotareru
Causative	保たせる保たす	たもたせるたもたす	tamotaseru tamotasu
Potential	保てる	たもてる	tamoteru
Volitional	保とう	たもとう	tamotō
Negative	保たない	たもたない	tamotanai
Negative continuative	保たず	たもたず	tamotazu
Formal	保ちます	たもちます	tamochimasu
Perfective	保った	たもった	tamotta
Conjunctive	保って	たもって	tamotte
Hypothetical conditional	保てば	たもてば	tamoteba

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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