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持ち もち

  1. having; holder; holding; owner; owning; possessing; user; using
  2. durability; life; wear
  3. charge; expense
  4. draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie

持ち上げる もちあげる N3

  1. to elevate; to lift up; to raise
  2. to extol; to flatter; to praise to the sky

持ちこたえる もちこたえる

  1. to endure; to hang on; to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to last; to withstand

持ち主 もちぬし

  1. owner; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.); proprietor

持ち出し もちだし

  1. carrying out; taking something out
  2. paying with one's own money; providing money oneself
  3. corbel
  4. strengthening under a seam (clothing)

持ち出す もちだす

  1. to bring out from where it belongs; to carry out; to take out
  2. to bring up (a subject); to broach a topic; to mention; to mention something; to raise (an issue)

持ち前 もちまえ

  1. characteristic; inborn; inherent; innate; natural

持ち合い もちあい

  1. even matching; interdependence; unity
  2. holding; no change; steadiness (of market price)

持ち味 もちあじ

  1. inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste
  2. distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability

持ち回り もちまわり

  1. rotation (of a post, role, etc.); taking turns
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