Kanji

堪

堪

withstand, endure, support, resist

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

土部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カン, タン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

たえる, たまる, こらえる, こたえる

Nanori (Name Reading)

たえ, とう, ひで

Common Readings

カン, た…える

Example sentences

堪える こらえる
彼は込み上げてくる涙を必死に堪えた。

He desperately held back the tears that were welling up.

堪能 たんのう
彼は五ヶ国語に堪能で、通訳として働いています。

He is proficient in five languages and works as an interpreter.

もとより もとより
彼は英語はもとより、フランス語も堪能だ。

He is proficient not only in English, but also in French.

持ち堪える もちこたえる
台風の激しい風雨の中、古い小屋はどうにか朝まで持ち堪えた。

Under the typhoon's heavy rain and wind, the old shack somehow held out until morning.

堪忍袋 かんにんぶくろ
彼の無礼な態度に、ついに私の堪忍袋の緒が切れた。

His rude attitude finally made me lose my patience.

緒 お
堪忍袋の緒が切れた。

My patience has finally run out.

Example Vocabulary

堪える

こらえる

to endure; to suppress; to hold back

堪能

たんのう

1. proficient; skillful; masterly. 2. sufficiently satisfied; enjoying fully

堪える

こらえる

to endure; to suppress; to hold back

堪る

たまる

to endure; to bear; to stand

堪忍

かんにん

持ち堪える

もちこたえる

to hold out, to endure, to stand firm, to last

居た堪れない

いたたまれない

堪忍袋の緒が切れる

かんにんぶくろのおがきれる

見るに堪えない

みるにたえない

堪忍袋

かんにんぶくろ

one's patience; limit of one's endurance

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