Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
こた
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From () (mochi, the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (motsu, to hold)) + (こた)える (kotaeru, to endure, to withstand).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ちこたえる [mòchíkótáérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ちこたえ [mòchíkótáéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞t͡ɕiko̞ta̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb edit

()(こた)える (mochikotaerutransitive ichidan (stem ()(こた) (mochikotae), past ()(こた)えた (mochikotaeta))

  1. to hang on, to withstand, to endure, to hold up
    最後(さいご)まで()(こた)える
    saigo made mochikotaeru
    to hold up until the end

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN