"もつ" meaning in Japanese

See もつ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: motsu [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} もつ • (motsu)
  1. Short for 臓物 (zōmotsu), offal Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 臓物 (extra: (zōmotsu), offal)
    Sense id: en-もつ-ja-noun-NXeYloaT Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -tsu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Foods Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -tsu: 44 28 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 27 36 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 71 14 14 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 76 12 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 76 12 12 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 21 39 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 5 5 Disambiguation of Foods: 100 0 0

Verb

Forms: motsu [romanization], もち [stem], もった [past]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|type=1}} もつ • (motsu) godan (stem もち (mochi), past もった (motta))
  1. 持つ: to hold, to carry something
    Sense id: en-もつ-ja-verb-BZhm11sI Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 27 36 36 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 21 39 39
  2. 持つ: to have, to possess
    Sense id: en-もつ-ja-verb-miY-gR7Z Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 27 36 36 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 21 39 39

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for もつ meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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