堪
堪

withstand, endure, support, resist

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耐える堪えるたえるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #1013
1

Transitive verb

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with

Examples
あの騒音には耐えられないよ。
I can not stand that noise.
2

to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave

Examples
この家は地震に耐えますか。
Does this house withstand earthquakes?
3

to be fit for; to be equal to

たまる堪る堪まるIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #1816
1

Often adds emphasis

to bear; to endure

Examples
そんなことが本当でたまるか。
I'll be damned if it's true.
こらえる堪えるこたえる (堪える)怺えるTransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #3650
1

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with

2

to restrain; to control; to keep a check on

3

to forgive; to put up with; to pardon

《堪能》たんのうNounFreq #5841
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

proficient; skilled; skillful; good; accomplished

Examples
彼女はフランス語が堪能だ。
She is proficient in French.
2

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Intransitive verb

enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with); having one's fill (of)

Examples
ファン・ドーゲンの展覧会を十分堪能してきたよ。
I thoroughly enjoyed myself at the Van Dorgen Exhibition.
いたたまれない居たたまれない居た堪れない～い Adj.ExpressionUsually kanaFreq #12685
1

unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away

持ちこたえる持ち堪える持堪えるもちこたえるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #14379
1

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

Examples
その病人がどれだけ持ちこたえるかは、誰にもわからない。
Nobody knows how long the sick man can hold on.
耐え難い耐えがたい堪え難い堪えがたい耐難いたえがたい～い Adj.Freq #18023
1

unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

Examples
中には耐え難いものもある。
Some of them are too much to bear.
堪忍かんにんNounIntransitiveTransitive～する VerbFreq #21709
1

patience; forbearance; endurance; tolerance

2

forgiveness; pardon

耐え忍ぶ堪え忍ぶたえしのぶTransitiveGodan verbFreq #29576
1

to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently

Examples
彼等は多くの苦難をたえしのんだ。
They endured many difficulties.
たまりかねる堪り兼ねる堪りかねるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #30882
1

to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with

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