Illustration: During a quiet family portrait session in a Japanese living room, a teenager struggles to suppress laughter. Their lips are tightly pressed together, cheeks puffed, eyes watering, and one hand clamps lightly over their mouth.

こらえる

koraeru

to hold back, to suppress

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは笑わらいをこらえられなかった。
She couldn’t help bursting into laughter.
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彼女かのじょは涙なみだをこらえた。
She controlled her tears.
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彼かれは苦痛くつうの叫さけびをこらえた。
He held back a cry of agony.
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