保たもつ

たもつ tamotsu

to keep
to preserve
to hold
to retain
to maintain
to support
to sustain
to last
to endure
to keep well (food)

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

保持；维持

Examples

Furigana

体面を保つために行った。
For appearances sake, I went.
为了维护体面而去做了。
Tatoeba #137961
彼かの女じょは落おち着つきを保たもとうと努つとめた。
She tried to keep her presence of mind.
她努力保持镇定。
Tatoeba #86325

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('caded48b64'); // 保つ

{
  "id": "caded48b64",
  "word": "保つ",
  "reading": "たもつ",
  "romaji": "tamotsu",
  "meanings": [
    "to keep",
    "to preserve",
    "to hold",
    "to retain",
    "to maintain",
    "to support",
    "to sustain",
    "to last",
    "to endure",
    "to keep well (food)"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5t",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1513250,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "体面を保つために行った。",
      "en": "For appearances sake, I went.",
      "tatoeba_id": 137961
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女は落ち着きを保とうと努めた。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{落|お}ち{着|つ}きを{保|たも}とうと{努|つと}めた。",
      "en": "She tried to keep her presence of mind.",
      "tatoeba_id": 86325
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e04dd7d706d1ccc77526972f150d59501324f119017f14760d98f8907261a9c1",
    "meanings": [
      "保持",
      "维持"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "体面を保つために行った。",
        "zh": "为了维护体面而去做了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女は落ち着きを保とうと努めた。",
        "zh": "她努力保持镇定。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/caded48b64",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1513250; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "193e80ae86615272332ed0e609ca3fea6286d0847a71566c6264c610c0537e12"
  }
}