持てる
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Meanings
- to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.)
- to be well liked, to be popular, to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.), to be welcomed
- to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.), to last
- possessed, held
- rich, wealthy, affluent
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It seems she is popular with men wherever she goes.
This brand's products boast a quality that can endure years of use.
He poured all of his possessed talents into completing this work.
He was a little depressed because he wasn't very popular in his new class.
The gap between the wealthy and the have-nots has become a serious problem in modern society.
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