"持てる" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [mo̞te̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
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. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|持つ||to have, to possess; to have on hand, to hold|tr=motsu}} 持つ (motsu, “to have, to possess; to have on hand, to hold”), {{m|en|popular}} popular, {{m|en|popular}} popular 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 [canonical] (ruby: ()), moteru [romanization], 持て [stem] (ruby: ()), 持てた [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 持て [error-unrecognized-form], もて [error-unrecognized-form], mote [error-unrecognized-form], 持てる [error-unrecognized-form], もてる [error-unrecognized-form], moteru [error-unrecognized-form], 持てれ [error-unrecognized-form], もてれ [error-unrecognized-form], motere [error-unrecognized-form], 持てよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 持てろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], もてよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], もてろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], moteyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], motero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, 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]
  1. (colloquial) to be popular, to be well-liked by people (e.g. be popular among women) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-持てる-ja-verb-RXxxGVWS Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  2. to be able to have or hold: potential form of 持(も)つ (motsu)
    Sense id: en-持てる-ja-verb-7Hy-JaIW Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 30 65 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 36 54 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 34 59 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 34 59 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 27 63 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 28 66 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 31 63 6
  3. to withstand, to endure
    Sense id: en-持てる-ja-verb-XDOuhWpv
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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      "form": "もてれ",
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      "form": "motere",
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      "form": "持てよ",
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      "form": "moterareru",
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      "form": "持てさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "持てさす",
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      "form": "もてさす",
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        "causative"
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      "form": "motesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "motereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "colloquial",
        "potential"
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      "form": "持てよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "もてよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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    {
      "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"
      ]
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    {
      "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"
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    },
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      "form": "持てず",
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        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
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      "form": "もてず",
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      "form": "motezu",
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      "tags": [
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てます",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "もてます",
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      "form": "持てた",
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      "form": "もてた",
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      "form": "moteta",
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      "form": "持てて",
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      "form": "もてて",
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    {
      "form": "motete",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てれば",
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        "conditional",
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    },
    {
      "form": "もてれば",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Yamada isn't very popular with the girls in his school year, but he's popular amongst the younger students.",
          "roman": "Yamada-kun tte sa, onaji gakunen no joshi ni wa ninki nai kedo, kakyūsei ni wa moteru n da yo ne.",
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              "やま"
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              "田",
              "だ"
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              "くん"
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              "おな"
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              "がく"
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              "ねん"
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              "女",
              "じょ"
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              "し"
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              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
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              "気",
              "き"
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              "下",
              "か"
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            [
              "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。"
        }
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    {
      "other": "もてる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞te̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines"
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      "roman": "moo",
      "word": "喪男"
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      "word": "喪男"
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      "roman": "modan",
      "word": "喪男"
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    {
      "roman": "moonna",
      "word": "喪女"
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      "roman": "mojo",
      "word": "喪女"
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          "非",
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          "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-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持て",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mote",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もてろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese colloquialisms",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Yamada isn't very popular with the girls in his school year, but he's popular amongst the younger students.",
          "roman": "Yamada-kun tte sa, onaji gakunen no joshi ni wa ninki nai kedo, kakyūsei ni wa moteru n da yo ne.",
          "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。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be popular, to be well-liked by people (e.g. be popular among women)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "popular",
          "popular"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to be popular, to be well-liked by people (e.g. be popular among women)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be able to have or hold: potential form of 持(も)つ (motsu)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "持(も)つ",
          "持つ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "motsu",
          "motsu#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to withstand, to endure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "withstand",
          "withstand"
        ],
        [
          "endure",
          "endure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "もてる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞te̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines"
  ],
  "word": "持てる"
}

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