Illustration: At a neighborhood florist, a worker carefully pours water into a wide display basin while a narrow outlet releases a matching stream into a bucket below. Floating flower heads remain at the basin’s established waterline, visible as a ring around its inner wall.

JLPT N3suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

維い持じ

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to maintain, to preserve

Example sentences

彼かれは高速道路こうそくどうろで一定いっていのスピードを維持いじした。
He maintained a steady speed on the highway.
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その家いえの維持いじにはずいぶんとお金かねがかかる。
The maintenance of the house costs a lot.
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車くるまを維持いじするのはとても経費けいひがかかる。
Running a car is a great expense.
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Kanji in 維持

維fiber; tieOnイ
持hold; haveOnジKunもつ・もてる

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