Moto 堪: Withstand; Endure; SupportKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カン、タン
- Kun'yomi
- た(える)、たま(る)、こら(える)、こた(える)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 43 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カン・タン)
- 堪能たんのうproficient; skillful
- 堪忍袋かんにんぶくろone's store of patience
- ならぬ堪忍するが堪忍ならぬかんにんするがかんにんto endure what is unendurable is true endurance
- 不堪ふかんincompetence
- 堪忍かんにんpatience; forbearance
- 堪忍袋の緒が切れるかんにんぶくろのおがきれるto be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore
- 堪航能力たんこうのうりょくseaworthiness
- 成らぬ堪忍するが堪忍ならぬかんにんするがかんにんto endure what is unendurable is true endurance
- 抗堪性こうたんせいsurvivability; military term for the ability to withstand an attack and continue to function
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 堪えるたえるto bear; to stand
- 堪らないたまらないintolerable; unbearable
- 持ち堪えるもちこたえるto hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on
- 一堪りもないひとたまりもないunable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight
- 一堪りもなくひとたまりもなくeasily (beaten, destroyed, etc.); without difficulty
- 一堪りも無くひとたまりもなくeasily (beaten, destroyed, etc.); without difficulty
- 仕事に堪えるしごとにたえるto be fit for work
- 任に堪えるにんにたえるto be equal to the task; to be up to the job
- 堪えかねるたえかねるto be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something)
- 堪えがたいたえがたいunbearable; intolerable
- 堪えしのぶたえしのぶto put up with; to endure
- 堪えないたえないunable to suppress one's emotions
- 堪えられないこたえられないreally good; irresistible
- 堪え兼ねるたえかねるto be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something)
- 堪え忍ぶたえしのぶto put up with; to endure
- 堪え性こらえしょうendurance; perseverance
- 堪え難いたえがたいunbearable; intolerable
- 堪ったものではないたまったものではないintolerable; unbearable
- 堪へるたへるto bear; to stand
- 堪まるたまるto bear; to endure
- 堪らんたまらんintolerable; unbearable
- 堪り兼ねるたまりかねるto be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with (something) any longer
- 堪るたまるto bear; to endure
- 居た堪らないいたたまらないunable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer
- 居た堪れないいたたまれないunable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer
- 慙愧に堪えないざんきにたえないfeeling deeply ashamed of oneself; overwhelmed with shame
- 慚愧に堪えないざんきにたえないfeeling deeply ashamed of oneself; overwhelmed with shame
- 矢も盾も堪らずやもたてもたまらずunable to stay still; unable to contain one's feelings
- 見るに堪えないみるにたえないso miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at
- 踏み堪えるふみこたえるto stand firm; to hold out
- 通には堪らないつうにはたまらないirresistible to connoisseurs
- 遺憾に堪えないいかんにたえないdeeply regrettable
Other readings
- 持堪えるもちこたえるto hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on
- 堪忍ぶたえしのぶto put up with; to endure
Kanji that often appear with 堪
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