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維持

維持

See also: 维持

Chinese

 
to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension
 
to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
trad. (維持)
simp. (维持)

Verb

維持

  1. to maintain; to keep
  2. to preserve; to uphold
  3. to support
  4. to protect

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

維持 (hiragana いじ, romaji iji)

  1. maintenance

Verb

維持する (transitive, hiragana いじする, romaji iji suru)

  1. maintain, keep
    • 2011, NHK:
      ハードスケジュールのなか、コンディションを維持 (いじ)し、ホームランを () (つづ)けることは大変 (たいへん)なことです。
      Hādosukejūru no naka, kondishon o iji shi, hōmuran o uchitsuzukeru koto wa taihen na koto desu.
      It's a difficult thing to maintain a hard schedule, maintain my condition, and be able to keep hitting home runs.

Conjugation