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保つ

たもつ

to preserve, to endure

Mnemonic

You hold the thing where it is rather than letting it slide, and she is working extremely hard at it. Her youth, on tomatoes たもつ and not much else: たもつ.

Worth knowing

耐える たえる is enduring something coming at you. 保つ is keeping a state from slipping away.

Built from

preserve, keep
亻 a person on the left with a child held in against them. Keeping a thing safe rather than merely having it.

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