たもつ – Vocabulary details

たもつ

Verb (5-dan, つ, transitive)

1. to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to sustain

Verb (5-dan, つ, intransitive)

2. to last; to endure; to keep well (food); to wear well; to be durable

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to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium

to maintain (preserve) peace

to preserve life

警けい察さつは秩ちつ序じょをたもちます。

The police keep order.

海かい岸がんをきれいにたもちましょう。

Let's keep our beaches clean.

ベスは美び貌ぼうをたもっている。

Beth has preserved her good looks.

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