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持ち

もち

1. bearing a cost; being in charge of; 2. durability; how well something keeps; 3. (suffix) having; owning; suffering from

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Examples

  1. 腰痛持ちです。

    ようつうもちです。

    I have chronic back trouble.

  2. 交通費は会社持ちです。

    こうつうひはかいしゃもちです。

    Travel expenses are on the company.

  3. このパンは持ちがいい。

    このパンはもちがいい。

    This bread keeps well.

  4. 彼は大金持ちだが、とても謙虚だ。

    かれはおおがねもちだが、とてもけんきょだ。

    He is enormously rich, yet very modest.

Common patterns

会社持ち
paid for by the company
持ちがいい
to last well; to keep well
持病持ち
someone with a chronic illness

Memory tip

One noun doing three jobs: who foots the bill (自分持ち), how long a thing lasts (持ちがいい), and what a person owns or suffers from (車持ち, 腰痛持ち). Context, not the word, tells you which.

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