もち
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. having; holding; possessing; owning; using; holder; owner; user
2. wear; durability; life
also written as 保ち
3. charge; expense
Noun
Literary
4. draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (142 in total)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
expression; look; countenance; face
hot topic; talk of the town
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
expression; look; countenance; face
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 be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
to happen to have on hand or in stock
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
good feeling
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
long-lasting; durable; keeping well
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
holding two or more positions concurrently
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time
hot-tempered person
rich person
rich person
to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer
charge (of something); matter in one's charge; (one's) assignment; (one's) job
muscleman; strong man
to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but
long-lasting; durable; keeping well
long-lasting; durable; keeping well
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
to ruin oneself; to degrade oneself
rich person
long-lasting; durable; keeping well
to carry around; to carry on one's person
conduct; behavior; behaviour; being pregnant
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
to balance; to counterpoise; to remain unchanged; to share (e.g. the expense); to bear (part of)
to take away; to carry away
person with a criminal record; violent criminal
taking turns; in rotation
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to carry; to bring (to a place)
very rich person; the super rich
to carry about
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
serving a master; employee
lantern bearer; flatterer; booster; brown-noser
cantilever
inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things
to hold or operate with one's hands; to handle; to find difficult to manage
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
rotation (of a post, role, etc.); taking turns
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
one's (own) house
person or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates; member of a biker gang driving behind the rest (in charge of keeping the police away from the other members)
to hold an additional item in one's hand; to use an additional hand to hold
for women; women's article
wooden carrying box
owning a lot of clothes; person who owns a lot of clothes
covered by the other party (usu. expenses)
having leaves and branches loaded with snow; snow guard (to prevent snow from sliding off of a roof); snow stop
entertaining guests
long position; overbought position
rich person; wealthy person; housekeeping
moneyed man
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
handle; grip; holder; person who holds
things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
amount of time one has
takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away
one's (own) house
rich person; wealthy person; taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them
man with wife and kids
cards in one's hand; one's hand
umbrella carrier; servant who carried a long-handled umbrella for a noble
feeling of fullness; ability of a food to fill you up
moderately wealthy person
trademark gag; trademark routine
stock holdings; one's shares
points (already) allotted to one; points (already) gained (in earlier rounds)
one's song repertoire; songs one can sing
share (of expenses); equity (in company); holdings; interest (in company)
private secretary; flunky; someone who is always following around someone of high rank; someone who carries a bag for someone; luggage carrier
private secretary; flunky; someone who is always following around someone of high rank; someone who carries a bag for someone; luggage carrier
standard-bearer; flag-bearer
married man or woman; housekeeping
delivery person (of food)
potluck
swordbearer
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
person with a family; family man
serving a master; employee
It's on me
homeowner; head of a household
paying for oneself; (at) one's own expense
one's specialty performance; one's repertoire
taking turns; in rotation
sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword); rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony
horses owned; horse owned
covered by the other party (usu. expenses)
samurai attached to a daimyo
fire-holding qualities; length of time a fire burns
unity; even matching; interdependence; steadiness (of market price); holding; no change
way of holding (a writing brush, chopsticks, etc.); manner of holding; holder; person who holds
intolerable; disgusting
having one's own premises; Edo-period prostitute successful enough to have her own room in an establishment
at company's expense
men's; for men
character one plays as (in a fighting game)
conveyance (of goods, materials, etc.); holding horizontally (e.g. a smartphone)
(an) epileptic
joint ownership; sharing; going Dutch
vote-assignment; assigning votes (e.g. to UN member countries)
maintaining the quality of a flower; lasting quality of a cut flower
short position; oversold position
forbidden to take out (e.g. of a book in a library)
Everything depends on how you look at it
returning of a package to depot after a failed delivery attempt
position
to have long in use
base for calculating a wrestler's tournament stipend
no way at all to deal with
having no way to deal with something
footwear carrier; servant who carried his master's footwear; professional jester
chaplet (metallurgy)
having a card in one's hand that matches the bottom card of the draw pile
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
spear carrier (for the master of a samurai family)
Examples (1 in total)
They have twelve children.