This verb can also mean the following: hold, maintain, conserve
私/俺
Present informal tense
保持
hoji suru
I keep
Present informal negative tense
保持しない
hoji shinai
I don't keep
Present formal tense
保持します
hoji shimasu
I keep
Present formal negative tense
保持しません
hoji shimasen
I do not keep
私/俺
Past informal tense
保持した
hoji shita
I kept
Past informal negative tense
保持しなかった
hoji shinakatta
I didn't keep
Past formal tense
保持しました
hoji shimashita
I keep
Past formal negative tense
保持しませんでした
hoji shimasen deshita
I did not keep
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
保持せよ
hoji seyo
keep
Imperative negative mood
保持な
hoji suru na
don't keep
Imperative formal mood
保持してください
hoji shite kudasai
please keep
Imperative formal negative mood
保持しないでください
hoji shinai dekudasai
please do not keep
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
保持して
hoji shite
keep
Passive stem
保持される
hoji sareru
kept
Hypothetical tense
保持すれ
hoji sure
if I kept
Hypothetical conditional stem
保持すれば
hoji sureba
kept
私/俺
Volitional stem
保持しよう
hoji shiyō
will keep
Potential stem
保持できる
hoji dekiru
kept
Continuative stem
保持し
hoji shi
keeping
Causative stem
保持させる
hoji saseru
allow to keep
私/俺
Imperfective stem
保持し
hoji shi
keep
Examples of 保持
トマス・ソラノ 夫であるため... 保持します
Tomas Solano, to be your husband... to have and to hold, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, to love and to cherish, from this day forward until death do you part?
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