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48 耐える To Endure

Alternative Meanings

To Withstand

Part of Speech

Intransitive verb, Transitive verb, and Ichidan verb

Reading

たえる

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

彼のひどい寝起きの口臭に、耐えられなかったんです。

I couldn’t stand his awful morning breath.

Meaning Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means resistant. If you're resisting things, then you're enduring and withstanding them. That's why this is to endure and to withstand.

Reading Explanation

What is it that you have to endure? A barrage of tacos (た), coming at you.

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