Last Updated :2025/12/28

持てる

Hiragana
もてる
Verb
colloquial
Japanese Meaning
(口語) 人気がある、人に好かれる(例:女性に人気がある) / 持つことができる:持(も)つ (motsu) の可能形 / 耐える、堪える
Easy Japanese Meaning
人に人気があることや、物を手に入れる力があること、また長くたえるようす
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
受欢迎(常指在异性中) / 能持有、能拿 / 能承受、经得住
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
受歡迎、有人氣(多指異性緣佳) / 能持有、能拿(「持つ」的可能形) / 能承受、能耐住
Korean Meaning
인기가 있다 / 가지거나 들 수 있다 / 견디다
What is this buttons?

As a result of actively refining his appearance and manner of speaking, he not only became popular with the opposite sex but also became someone trusted by those around him.

Chinese (Simplified) Translation

他通过积极打磨自己的外貌和说话方式,不仅变得受异性欢迎,还成为了周围人信赖的存在。

Chinese (Traditional) Translation

他積極打磨自己的容貌與說話方式,結果不僅受到異性的青睞,也成為了周遭信賴的對象。

Korean Translation

그는 자신의 외모와 말투를 적극적으로 가다듬은 결과, 이성에게 인기가 있게 되었을 뿐만 아니라 주변으로부터 신뢰받는 존재가 되었다.

What is this buttons?
Sense(1)

to be able to have or hold: potential form of 持(も)つ (motsu)

Sense(2)

to withstand, to endure

Sense(3)

(colloquial) to be popular, to be well-liked by people (e.g. be popular among women)

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(colloquial) to be popular, to be well-liked by people (e.g. be popular among women) / to be able to have or hold: potential form of 持(も)つ (motsu) / to withstand, to endure

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持てる

彼は自分の容姿や話し方を積極的に磨いた結果、異性に持てるようになっただけでなく、周囲から信頼される存在になった。

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As a result of actively refining his appearance and manner of speaking, he not only became popular with the opposite sex but also became someone trusted by those around him.

As a result of actively refining his appearance and manner of speaking, he not only became popular with the opposite sex but also became someone trusted by those around him.

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彼は自分の容姿や話し方を積極的に磨いた結果、異性に持てるようになっただけでなく、周囲から信頼される存在になった。

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