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持てる
持てる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
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| 持 |
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も Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
持てる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana もてる, hiragana and katakana モテる, romaji moteru)
- (colloquial) to be popular; to be well-liked by people (e.g. be popular among women)
- to be able to hold; potential form of 持つ (motsu)
- to withstand; endure
Conjugation
Conjugation of "持てる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 持て | もて | mote | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 持て | もて | mote | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 持てる | もてる | moteru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 持てる | もてる | moteru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 持てれ | もてれ | motere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 持てよ¹ 持てろ² |
もてよ¹ もてろ² |
moteyo¹ motero² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 持てられる | もてられる | moterareru | |
| Causative | 持てさせる 持てさす |
もてさせる もてさす |
motesaseru motesasu |
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| Potential | 持てられる 持てれる³ |
もてられる もてれる³ |
moterareru motereru³ |
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| Volitional | 持てよう | もてよう | moteyō | |
| Negative | 持てない 持てぬ 持てん |
もてない もてぬ もてん |
motenai motenu moten |
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| Negative continuative | 持てず | もてず | motezu | |
| Formal | 持てます | もてます | motemasu | |
| Perfective | 持てた | もてた | moteta | |
| Conjunctive | 持てて | もてて | motete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 持てれば | もてれば | motereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||