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draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.), tie
to hold (in one's hand), to take, to carry; to possess, to have, to own; to maintain, to keep
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.), to introduce; to bring about, to cause, to produce (e.g. results)
to bring in, to take in, to carry in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.), to bring, to lodge (a complaint), to propose (e.g. a project); to bring (to another stage), to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
to take out, to carry out, to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something, to broach a topic, to bring up (a subject), to raise (an issue), to mention
continuation, persisting, lasting, sustaining, enduring
owner, proprietor, possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
bringing, taking, carrying
to elevate, to raise, to lift up; to flatter, to extol, to praise to the sky
to take home, to carry home, to bring back home, to take out (e.g. food)
having, holding, possessing, owning, using, holder, owner, user; wear, durability, life; charge, expense
one's property, personal effects, one's belongings
to treat (a guest), to receive, to entertain, to be hospitable to, to make welcome
stock holdings, one's shares
one's cherished opinion, pet theory
hospitality, reception, treatment, service, entertainment; (light) refreshment, entertaining with food and drink, treat
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink), carry-on (e.g. luggage)
chronic disease; bad habit, intractable habit
one's (own) house
inherent flavor, inherent flavour, natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.), peculiar quality, special ability
to recover, to rally, to improve, to pick up
one's nature, characteristic, inherent, natural
to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.), to carry forward, to put off, to postpone, to defer
taking something out, carrying out; providing money oneself, paying with one's own money; corbel
endurance, persistence
takeout (food), take-out, takeaway, carry-out, to-go
unity, even matching, interdependence; steadiness (of market price), holding, no change
rotation (of a post, role, etc.), taking turns
to take (something) along, to bring with one, to carry (something) away, to bear
to hold out (e.g. against an attack), to hang on, to withstand, to endure, to last
to bring, to take (something) along, to fetch, to get
continuous, sustained, sustainable, durable, persistent
to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.); to be well liked, to be popular, to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.), to be welcomed; to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.), to last
- 持ち合わせるもちあわせる
to happen to have on hand or in stock
- 持ち歩くもちあるく
to carry around, to carry on one's person
- 持ち上がるもちあがる
to be lifted, to be raised, to rise, to go up; to happen suddenly, to occur, to come up, to turn up; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row, to move up with one's class
- 持て余すもてあます
to be too much for one, to find unmanageable, to be beyond one's control, to not know what to do with
- 持ち寄るもちよる
to gather (bringing something), to gather (to exchange something)
- 持ち場もちば
one's post, one's position, one's station, one's place of duty; one's round, one's beat, one's route
- 持ち去るもちさる
to take away, to carry away