"持ち合わせる" meaning in Japanese

See 持ち合わせる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [mo̞t͡ɕia̠β̞a̠se̞ɾɯ̟] Forms: 持ち合わせる [canonical] (ruby: 持(も), 合(あ)), mochiawaseru [romanization], 持ち合わせ [stem] (ruby: 持(も), 合(あ)), 持ち合わせた [past] (ruby: 持(も), 合(あ))
Etymology: 持(も)ち (mochi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 持(も)つ (motsu, “to hold”)) + 合(あ)わせる (awaseru, “to put together”) Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|持つ|もつ|to hold|pos=}} 持(も)つ (motsu, “to hold”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|持つ|もつ|to hold|nodot=1}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 持(も)つ (motsu, “to hold”), {{ja-compound|持ち|もち|合わせる|あわせる|pos1=連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (<span class="mention-tr tr">ren'yōkei</span>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 持(も)つ (<span class="mention-tr tr">motsu</span>, “to hold”)|t2=to put together}} 持(も)ち (mochi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 持(も)つ (motsu, “to hold”)) + 合(あ)わせる (awaseru, “to put together”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|もちあわせる|tr=trans|type=2}} 持(も)ち合(あ)わせる • (mochiawaseru) transitive ichidan (stem 持(も)ち合(あ)わせ (mochiawase), past 持(も)ち合(あ)わせた (mochiawaseta))
  1. have, possess
    Sense id: en-持ち合わせる-ja-verb-nnBCn5t~ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. happen to possess, have (something) handy
    Sense id: en-持ち合わせる-ja-verb-pjhzNEO3 Categories (other): 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 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 持ち合わせ (mochiawase) (ruby: 持(も), 合(あ)) (english: goods in stock; having immediate access) 
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        "t2": "to put together"
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      "other": "もちあわせる"
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    }
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