Results, maintain
- 確保★【かくほ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- guarantee; maintain; ensure; insure; secure; reservation
お庭の方にも縁台を並べれば、かなり座席数を確保できそうだなーと思いました。 I thought that if we lined up benches in the garden as well, we could achieve quite a seating capacity.
- 創業は易く守成は難し【そうぎょうはやすくしゅせいはかたし】
expression:
- it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it - proverb
- 立ち行く【たちゆく・たちいくirr.】 Inflection
godan -いく/-ゆく verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:
- to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
- 平静を保つ【へいせいをたもつ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
- 養う☆【やしなう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to support; to maintain; to provide for
- to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed
- to adopt (a child)
- to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.); to develop; to build up; to foster
- to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)
良い習慣は子供時代に養うべきである。 Good habits should be cultivated in childhood.
彼女は5人の子供を養うために働かざるをえなかった。 She was obliged to work to support five children.
- 保つ☆【たもつ・もつirr.】 Inflection
godan ~つ verb / transitive:
- to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to sustain
godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:
- to last; to endure; to keep well (food); to wear well; to be durable
- 注視☆【ちゅうし】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
警察は山田の挙動を注視している。 The police were watching Yamada's movements.
- 持ち続ける【もちつづける】 Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to hold onto (for a long period); to persist in; to maintain
- にしておく《にして置く》 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
- 距離を置く【きょりをおく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
- 身が持たない【みがもたない】 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- not to be able to keep one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; not to be able to maintain one's fortune
- 賄う☆【まかなう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to finance; to maintain (e.g. a family)
- to give board; to provide meals
- 構える☆【かまえる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to establish; to run; to maintain
- to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal)
- to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to stand ready; to be poised for
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to put on an air; to assume an attitude
- to stiffen; to tense up; to become formal
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to fabricate in order to deceive; to make up; to feign
- to plan; to scheme
気長に構える必要があります。 You have to be patient.
彼らはロンドン郊外に居を構えることに決めた。 They decided to settle in a suburb of London.
- 言い立てる【いいたてる】言いたてる・言立てる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to assert; to declare; to claim; to state; to insist; to maintain
- to list (one by one); to enumerate; to count off
- to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
- to use as an excuse - archaism
- 持つ★【もつ】 Inflection
godan ~つ verb:
- 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
猫は飼い主が持つ感情的な癖と同じような癖を示す。 Cats show emotional habits parallel to those of their owners.
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.
- つなぐ☆《繋ぐ》 Inflection
godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:
- to connect; to link together
- to tie; to fasten; to restrain
- to maintain; to preserve; to keep
- to transfer (phone call); to put a person through
- to hedge; to buy or sell forward
彼女はホテルのフロント係の人にその番号につなぐように頼んだ。 She has asked the person at the front desk to connect her to that number.
- 貫き通す☆【つらぬきとおす・ぬきとおすobs.】つらぬき通す【つらぬきとおす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- 貫く☆【つらぬく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to go through; to pierce; to penetrate
- to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through
- to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with; to keep (e.g. faith); to maintain (e.g. independence)
光は闇を貫く。 The light penetrates the darkness.
そのキリスト教徒は自分の信念を断固として貫く。 The devout Christian persists in his belief.
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