持たせる【もたせる】
Frequency rank: 4,398. – 4,399.
- to have someone hold; to let someone have; to give
- to have someone carry; to send with someone
- to keep; to preserve
- to have someone pay (e.g. the bill); to burden someone with
- to raise someone's hopes
Ichidan verb; transitive verb
Forms
- 持たせる【もたせる】Frequency rank: 4,398. – 4,399.
- もたせるFrequency rank: 28,850. – 29,089.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to have someone hold; to let someone have; to give
- to have someone carry; to send with someone
- to keep; to preserve
- to have someone pay (e.g. the bill); to burden someone with
- to raise someone's hopes
This meaning is used when someone allows another person to possess or hold something.
This meaning refers to asking or instructing someone to transport or convey something for another person.
Here, the word is used in the context of retaining or maintaining something in its current state.
This meaning involves making someone responsible for a financial obligation or cost.
This usage implies creating an expectation or optimism in someone regarding a future outcome.
Generated collocations (experimental)
もたせる持たせることthe act of making someone hold somethingにもつ荷物をもたせる持たせるto have someone carry luggageきたい期待をもたせる持たせるto raise someone's expectationsせきにんをもたせる責任を持たせるto make someone responsibleともだち友達にほん本をもたせる持たせるto have a friend carry a bookしんらい信頼をもたせる持たせるto instill trustふたん負担をもたせる持たせるto burden someone with a responsibilityあんしんかん安心感をもたせる持たせるto provide a sense of securityかんじょう感情をもたせる持たせるto evoke emotionsしはらい支払いをもたせる持たせるto have someone pay (for something)
Example sentences
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1. もじ文字をおおきく大きくし、もじかん文字間やぎょうかん行間によゆう余裕をもたせ、こうれいしゃ高齢者のほう方や、しりょく視力にしょうがい障害のあるかた方がよみやすい読み易いようにちゅうい注意しました。
I took care to make the letters large and be generous with character and line spacing in order for it to be easy to read for the elderly and those who have problems with their sight.
He sat at the table with his chin cupped in one hand.
The teacher tried to interest the students in current events.
Children should not have more money than is needed.
I think it necessary for children to have something to play with.
Scholarship must always be exact whether it is interesting or not.