"持てる" meaning in Japanese

See 持てる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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 [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, 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 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 72 16 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 59 24 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 69 18 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 70 17 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 37 34 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 70 17 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 17 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 12 10
  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 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 37 34 29
  3. to withstand, to endure
    Sense id: en-持てる-ja-verb-XDOuhWpv Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 37 34 29
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: ())
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_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": [
        [
          "持",
          "も"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "持てる",
      "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-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": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 16 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 18 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 17 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 34 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 17 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 17 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 12 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be popular, to be well-liked by people (e.g. be popular among women)"
      ],
      "id": "en-持てる-ja-verb-RXxxGVWS",
      "links": [
        [
          "popular",
          "popular"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to be popular, to be well-liked by people (e.g. be popular among women)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 34 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be able to have or hold: potential form of 持(も)つ (motsu)"
      ],
      "id": "en-持てる-ja-verb-7Hy-JaIW",
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "持(も)つ",
          "持つ#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 34 29",
          "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]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "持てる"
}
{
  "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 spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "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",
      "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-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。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to withstand, to endure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "withstand",
          "withstand"
        ],
        [
          "endure",
          "endure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "もてる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞te̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "持てる"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 持てる meaning in Japanese (7.8kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "持てる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "持てる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "持てる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "持てる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "持てる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "持てる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "持てる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "持てる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "持てる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "持てる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "持てる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "持てる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "持てる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "持てる",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.