Japanese

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Kanji in this term
もち
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of () (mochi, the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb () (motsu, to have, hold)) + () (iru, to bring along).[1][2][3]

Verb

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用ゐ(もちい) (mochiiruもちゐる (motiwiru)?transitive ichidan (stem 用ゐ(もちい) (mochii), past 用ゐ(もちい) (mochiita))

  1. (archaic, obsolete) to use, make use of, utilize
  2. (archaic, obsolete) to adopt
  3. (archaic, obsolete) to employ
  4. (archaic, obsolete) to need

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN