保つ – Vocabulary details

保もつ

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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警けい察さつは秩ちつ序じょを保たもちます。

The police keep order.

海かい岸がんをきれいに保たもちましょう。

Let's keep our beaches clean.

ベスは美び貌ぼうを保たもっている。

Beth has preserved her good looks.

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