"持てる" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [mo̞te̞ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: From the regular potential conjugation of verb 持つ (motsu, “to have, to possess; to have on hand, to hold”). The popular sense arose as a slight shift in meaning from "able to have" to something like "able to get (particularly, positive attention)". First attested in the popular sense in a text from 1753. Head templates: {{ja-verb|もてる|モテる|tr=intrans|type=2}} 持(も)てる or 持(モ)てる • (moteru) intransitive ichidan (stem 持(も)て (mote), past 持(も)てた (moteta)) Forms: 持てる [canonical] (ruby: ()), 持てる intransitive ichidan [canonical] (ruby: ()), moteru [romanization], 持て [stem] (ruby: ()), 持てた [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 持て [imperfective], もて [imperfective], mote [imperfective], 持て [continuative], もて [continuative], mote [continuative], 持てる [terminative], もてる [terminative], moteru [terminative], 持てる [attributive], もてる [attributive], moteru [attributive], 持てれ [hypothetical], もてれ [hypothetical], motere [hypothetical], 持てよ [imperative, literary], 持てろ [colloquial, imperative], もてよ [imperative, literary], もてろ [colloquial, imperative], moteyo [imperative, literary], motero [colloquial, imperative], 持てられる [passive], もてられる [passive], moterareru [passive], 持てさせる [causative], 持てさす [causative], もてさせる [causative], もてさす [causative], motesaseru [causative], motesasu [causative], 持てられる [potential], 持てれる [colloquial, potential], もてられる [potential], もてれる [colloquial, potential], moterareru [potential], motereru [colloquial, potential], 持てよう [volitional], もてよう [volitional], moteyō [volitional], 持てない [negative], 持てぬ [negative], 持てん [negative], もてない [negative], もてぬ [negative], もてん [negative], motenai [negative], motenu [negative], moten [negative], 持てず [continuative, negative], もてず [continuative, negative], motezu [continuative, negative], 持てます [formal], もてます [formal], motemasu [formal], 持てた [perfective], もてた [perfective], moteta [perfective], 持てて [conjunctive], もてて [conjunctive], motete [conjunctive], 持てれば [conditional, hypothetical], もてれば [conditional, hypothetical], motereba [conditional, hypothetical], モテる [alternative, kanji]
  1. (colloquial) to be popular, to be well-liked by people (e.g. to be popular among women) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-持てる-ja-verb-jkpJPJU4 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 65 19 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 51 26 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 55 24 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 71 17 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 64 20 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 55 24 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 16 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 12 11
  2. potential form of 持つ (motsu) [godan]: to be able to have or hold Tags: form-of, potential Form of: 持つ (extra: (motsu) [godan]: to be able to have or hold)
    Sense id: en-持てる-ja-verb-MUNFfGR5 Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 37 33 30
  3. to withstand, to endure
    Sense id: en-持てる-ja-verb-XDOuhWpv Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 37 33 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 喪男 (moo), 喪男 (mootoko), 喪男 (modan), 喪女 (moonna), 喪女 (mojo), 非モテ (himote) (ruby: ())
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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "moo",
      "word": "喪男"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mootoko",
      "word": "喪男"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "modan",
      "word": "喪男"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "moonna",
      "word": "喪女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mojo",
      "word": "喪女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "himote",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "非",
          "ひ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "非モテ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the regular potential conjugation of verb 持つ (motsu, “to have, to possess; to have on hand, to hold”). The popular sense arose as a slight shift in meaning from \"able to have\" to something like \"able to get (particularly, positive attention)\".\nFirst attested in the popular sense in a text from 1753.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "持てる",
      "ruby": [
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          "持",
          "も"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
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    },
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      "form": "持てる intransitive ichidan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "持",
          "モ"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "moteru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持て",
      "roman": "mote",
      "ruby": [
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          "持",
          "も"
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "持",
          "も"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-verbconj-row",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持て",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mote",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持て",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mote",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "moteru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moterareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moterareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "モテる",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "もてる",
        "2": "モテる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "持(も)てる or 持(モ)てる • (moteru) intransitive ichidan (stem 持(も)て (mote), past 持(も)てた (moteta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 1753",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 19 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 26 22",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 24 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 17 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 20 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 24 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 16 15",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              79,
              85
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Yamada isn't very popular with the girls in his school year, but he's popular amongst the younger students.",
          "roman": "Yamada isn't very popular with the girls in his school year, but he's popular amongst the younger students.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "山",
              "やま"
            ],
            [
              "田",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "くん"
            ],
            [
              "同",
              "おな"
            ],
            [
              "学",
              "がく"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "下",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "級",
              "きゅう"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "山田君ってさ、同じ学年の女子には人気ないけど、下級生にはモテるんだよね。",
          "translation": "Yamada isn't very popular with the girls in his school year, but he's popular amongst the younger students.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be popular, to be well-liked by people (e.g. to be popular among women)"
      ],
      "id": "en-持てる-ja-verb-jkpJPJU4",
      "links": [
        [
          "popular",
          "popular"
        ],
        [
          "well-liked",
          "well-liked"
        ],
        [
          "women",
          "women"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to be popular, to be well-liked by people (e.g. to be popular among women)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 1600s",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(motsu) [godan]: to be able to have or hold",
          "word": "持つ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "potential form of 持つ (motsu) [godan]: to be able to have or hold"
      ],
      "id": "en-持てる-ja-verb-MUNFfGR5",
      "links": [
        [
          "持つ",
          "持つ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 1600s",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to withstand, to endure"
      ],
      "id": "en-持てる-ja-verb-XDOuhWpv",
      "links": [
        [
          "withstand",
          "withstand"
        ],
        [
          "endure",
          "endure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "もてる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞te̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "持てる"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese shimo ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 持 read as も",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "moo",
      "word": "喪男"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mootoko",
      "word": "喪男"
    },
    {
      "roman": "modan",
      "word": "喪男"
    },
    {
      "roman": "moonna",
      "word": "喪女"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mojo",
      "word": "喪女"
    },
    {
      "roman": "himote",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "非",
          "ひ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "非モテ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the regular potential conjugation of verb 持つ (motsu, “to have, to possess; to have on hand, to hold”). The popular sense arose as a slight shift in meaning from \"able to have\" to something like \"able to get (particularly, positive attention)\".\nFirst attested in the popular sense in a text from 1753.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "持てる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "持",
          "も"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てる intransitive ichidan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "持",
          "モ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持て",
      "roman": "mote",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "持",
          "も"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てた",
      "roman": "moteta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "持",
          "も"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-verbconj-row",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持て",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mote",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持て",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mote",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moterareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moterareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "モテる",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "もてる",
        "2": "モテる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "持(も)てる or 持(モ)てる • (moteru) intransitive ichidan (stem 持(も)て (mote), past 持(も)てた (moteta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 1753",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese colloquialisms",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              79,
              85
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Yamada isn't very popular with the girls in his school year, but he's popular amongst the younger students.",
          "roman": "Yamada isn't very popular with the girls in his school year, but he's popular amongst the younger students.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "山",
              "やま"
            ],
            [
              "田",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "くん"
            ],
            [
              "同",
              "おな"
            ],
            [
              "学",
              "がく"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "下",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "級",
              "きゅう"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "山田君ってさ、同じ学年の女子には人気ないけど、下級生にはモテるんだよね。",
          "translation": "Yamada isn't very popular with the girls in his school year, but he's popular amongst the younger students.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be popular, to be well-liked by people (e.g. to be popular among women)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "popular",
          "popular"
        ],
        [
          "well-liked",
          "well-liked"
        ],
        [
          "women",
          "women"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to be popular, to be well-liked by people (e.g. to be popular among women)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 1600s",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(motsu) [godan]: to be able to have or hold",
          "word": "持つ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "potential form of 持つ (motsu) [godan]: to be able to have or hold"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "持つ",
          "持つ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 1600s",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to withstand, to endure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "withstand",
          "withstand"
        ],
        [
          "endure",
          "endure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "もてる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞te̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "持てる"
}

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