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てる

Ichidan verbverb (generic)intransitive verbnoun or verb acting prenominallyadjective (generic)

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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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Example sentences

彼女かのじょはどこへっても男性だんせいもてるらしい。

It seems she is popular with men wherever she goes.

このブランドの製品せいひん長年ながねん使用しようにもてる品質ひんしつほこっている。

This brand's products boast a quality that can endure years of use.

かれてる才能さいのうをすべてそそんで、この作品さくひん完成かんせいさせた。

He poured all of his possessed talents into completing this work.

あたらしいクラスではあまりもてなかったので、かれすこんでいた。

He was a little depressed because he wasn't very popular in his new class.

てるものたざるものとの格差かくさが、現代げんだい社会しゃかいにおいて深刻しんこく問題もんだいとなっている。

The gap between the wealthy and the have-nots has become a serious problem in modern society.