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    3. 持たせる

    持たせる

    持もた​せ​る​

    to have someone hold

    NTVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab17 strokes

    もたせる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to have someone hold, to let someone have, to give
    2.
    to have someone carry, to send with someone
    3.
    to keep, to preserve
    4.
    to have someone pay (e.g. the bill), to burden someone with
    5.
    to raise someone's hopes

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    Characters that make up this word

    持
    も.つ・-も.ち・も.てる…(3)
    hold・have
    Kanji
    た
    ta
    Kana
    せ
    se
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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