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Meaning of 保つ in Japanese
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保つJLPT 1
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Kana Readingたもつ
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Romajitamotsu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `tsu' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to support; to sustain; to last; to endure; to keep well (food); to wear well; to be durable
- Example sentence
- 体温を適温に保つということは大切なことです。 It is important to maintain your body temperature at a suitable level.
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Examples of 保つ, たもつ in a sentence
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It is important to maintain your body temperature at a suitable level.
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旧システム用に書かれたソフトとの上位互換性を保つのは大切です。
It is important to maintain backward compatibility with software that was written to run on the former system.
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New York city has long been unusual because of its sheer size.
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It is easy to make a man one's friend, but hard to keep him so.
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It is hard to maintain one's reputation.
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Try to keep in touch with me, just in case.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 保つ
- Plain Polite
- 保ちます
- Negative
- 保たない
- Negative Polite
- 保ちません
Past
- Plain
- 保った
- Plain Polite
- 保ちました
- Negative
- 保たなかった
- Negative Polite
- 保ちませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 保って
- Plain Polite
- 保ちまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 保たれる
- Plain Polite
- 保たれます
- Negative
- 保たれない
- Negative Polite
- 保たれません
Kanji in this word
保
JLPT 2
9 strokes
protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support
On'Yomi: ホ, ホウ
Kun'Yomi: たも.つ