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堪える
堪える
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 堪 |
| Grade: S |
Verb
堪える (ichidan conjugation, hiragana たえる, romaji taeru)
- Alternative form of 耐える
Usage notes
This form often refers to the sense of having the capacity or ability for something, or of being worthy.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "堪える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 堪え | たえ | tae | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 堪え | たえ | tae | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 堪える | たえる | taeru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 堪える | たえる | taeru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 堪えれ | たえれ | taere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 堪えよ¹ 堪えろ² |
たえよ¹ たえろ² |
taeyo¹ taero² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 堪えられる | たえられる | taerareru | |
| Causative | 堪えさせる 堪えさす |
たえさせる たえさす |
taesaseru taesasu |
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| Potential | 堪えられる 堪えれる³ |
たえられる たえれる³ |
taerareru taereru³ |
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| Volitional | 堪えよう | たえよう | taeyō | |
| Negative | 堪えない 堪えぬ 堪えん |
たえない たえぬ たえん |
taenai taenu taen |
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| Negative continuative | 堪えず | たえず | taezu | |
| Formal | 堪えます | たえます | taemasu | |
| Perfective | 堪えた | たえた | taeta | |
| Conjunctive | 堪えて | たえて | taete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 堪えれば | たえれば | taereba | |
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