withstand, endure, support, resist

  • JLPT N1
  • 12 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 土
  • #1953 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
カンタン
Kun'yomi 訓読み
た.えるたま.るこら.えるこた.える

Example words & Vocabulary

堪えるこらえる
(1) to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with (2) to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave (3) to be fit for; to be equal to
堪らないたまらない
intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
持ち堪えるもちこたえる
hold out; survive

Example sentences 3

それは るに こたえない。

I couldn't stand looking at it.

あに凡人の堪える所ならんや。

No normal person can compare.

かれじゅう ふんその しょくこたえる。

He's quite able at his job.