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含みを持たせるふくみをもたせるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #48503
1

to hint at something

花を持たせる華を持たせるはなをもたせるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #49468
1

Idiomatic expression

to let (someone) have the credit (for); to let (someone) hold the flowers

Examples
彼に花を持たせてやった。
I let him get the credit.
持たざる者もたざるものNounExpressionFreq #50731
1

have-nots

気持ちを引き締める気持を引き締めるきもちをひきしめるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #51718
1

to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins

持ち越し持越しもちこし持越Noun～する VerbFreq #51738
1

Colloquial; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

work, items, etc. carried over from earlier

Examples
ドタキャンくらったの。来週に持ち越しだって。
Got cancelled at the last minute. 'Deferred to next week'.
2

hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)

身が持たない身がもたないみがもたない～い Adj.ExpressionFreq #53316
1

unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body

2

unable to maintain one's fortune

生命維持装置せいめいいじそうちNounFreq #53847
1

life-support system

気の持ちようきのもちようExpressionFreq #55077
1

one's frame of mind; way one looks at things

気を持たせるきをもたせるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #55212
1

to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes

Examples
そんなに気を持たせないで。
Don't raise my hopes like that.
所帯を持つしょたいをもつExpressionGodan verbFreq #55479
1

to keep a house; to run a household

Examples
私の兄は、未婚なので、所帯を持たず、奉公人と一緒によその家で食事をしていた。
My brother, being yet unmarried, did not keep house, but boarded with his apprentices at the home of another family.
持ち物検査もちものけんさNounFreq #55737
1

inspection of personal belongings (e.g. before entering a venue)

Examples
静かに！みんなその場を動かないで。これから持ち物検査をはじめます。
Quiet! Everybody stay where they are, there will now be a possessions check.
暗い気持ちになる暗い気持になるくらいきもちになるExpressionGodan verbFreq #57030
1

to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy

間を持つまをもつExpressionGodan verbFreq #60409
1

to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura

妻子持ちさいしもちNounFreq #61931
1

man with wife and kids

縁の下の力持ちえんのしたのちからもちNounExpressionFreq #62173
1

Idiomatic expression

unsung hero; person who does a thankless task

Examples
彼は縁の下の力持ちだ。
He is an unsung hero.
身を持ち崩すみをもちくずすExpressionGodan verbFreq #62282
1

to ruin oneself

持ち合う保ち合う保合う持合うもちあうIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #65622
1

to balance; to counterpoise

2

to remain unchanged

3

to share (e.g. the expense); to bear (part of)

気を確かに持つ気を確かにもつきをたしかにもつExpressionGodan verbFreq #66021
1

to brace oneself; to keep one's spirits up; to keep one's composure; to pull oneself together; to stay strong

体がもたない体が持たないからだがもたない～い Adj.ExpressionFreq #66987
1

unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body

間が持たないまがもたないExpressionFreq #67363
1

Unorthodox form

not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

持つべきものは友持つべき物は友もつべきものはともExpressionFreq #67674
1

Proverb

a friend is a good thing to have; a good friend is a great blessing

癇癪持ちかんしゃく持ちかんしゃくもちNounFreq #69452
1

hot-tempered person

太鼓持ち太鼓持たいこもちNounFreq #71116
1

professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; buffoon

2

flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser

ほんの気持ち本の気持ちほんのきもちExpressionFreq #71861
1

Humble; Common noun; Used when exchanging gifts; usu. as ～ですが

small token of one's sentiments

2

Adverb (fukushi)

just slightly; only a bit

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