持つ
もつ
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
- to possess; to have; to own
- to maintain; to keep
- to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive
- to take charge of; to be in charge of
- to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.)
- Godan verb, Transitive, Intransitive to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck (esp. as 持ってる)
Kanji
- 持 hold. Read as もつ.
Example sentences
- 私にそれに関する理論をもっていると思う。
I think I have a theory about that. - まだ持ってるか分からないなあ。
I don't know if I still have it. - 私の生きているうちに共産主義が効力を持つことは無いだろう。
Communism will never be reached in my lifetime. - 自分自身に疑問を持つことは良識の第一歩だ。
To have doubts about oneself is the first sign of intelligence. - 貧しい人とはほんのわずかしか持っていない人ではなく欲のありすぎる人である。
Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.
Common phrases
- 興味を持つ (きょうみをもつ) to have an interest (in)
- 意味を持つ
- 能力を持つ
- 機能を持つ
- 関心を持つ (かんしんをもつ) to be interested in
- 歴史を持つ
- 特徴を持つ
- 持ってくる (もってくる) to bring (something)
- 経験を持つ
- 影響力を持つ
- 関係を持つ (かんけいをもつ) to have a relationship
- 性質を持つ
- 自信を持つ
- 手に持つ
- 異名を持つ
Words containing 持つ
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