What does 保つ (tamotsu | たもつ) mean in Japanese?

	The Japanese word
	保つ
	is pronounced
	tamotsu \| たもつ
	means
	to keep, to preserve, to hold, to retain, to maintain, to support, to sustain, to last, to endure, to keep well (food), to wear well, to be durable

	Examples:
	名声を保つことは難しい。 meisei o tamotsu koto wa muzukashī. It is hard to maintain one's reputation.
	体面を保つために行った。 taimen o tamotsu tame ni itta. For appearances sake, I went.
	彼女は若さを十分保っている。 kanojo wa waka sa o jūbun tamotte iru. She really keeps her youthfulness.
	彼と接触を保ってはいけない。 kare to sesshoku o tamotte wa ike nai. You must not keep in touch with him.
	彼女は落ち着きを保とうと努めた。 kanojo wa ochitsuki o tamoto u to tsutome ta. She tried to keep her presence of mind.
	日本は米国と友好関係を保っている。 nippon wa beikoku to yūkō kankei o tamotte iru. Japan maintains friendly relations with the United States.
	体調を保つために何をしていますか。 taichō o tamotsu tame ni nani o shi te i masu ka. What do you do to stay in shape?
	私は田舎の両親と連絡を保っている。 watashi wa inaka no ryōshin to renraku o tamotte iru. I keep in touch with my parents in my hometown by phone.
	私は先生との距離を保つように努めた。 watashi wa sensei to no kyori o tamotsu yō ni tsutome ta. I tried to keep my teacher at a distance.
	彼はジョギングをして若さを保っている。 kare wa jogingu o shi te waka sa o tamotte iru. He keeps his youth by jogging.
	鼻の上でボールのバランスを保つのは難しい。 hana no ue de bōru no baransu o tamotsu no wa muzukashī. It's difficult to balance a ball on your nose.
	体温を適温に保つということは大切なことです。 taion o tekion ni tamotsu toyū koto wa taisetsu na koto desu. It is important to maintain your body temperature at a suitable level.
	友人を作るのはたやすいが友情を保つのは難しい。 yūjin o tsukuru no wa tayasui ga yūjō o tamotsu no wa muzukashī. It is easy to make a man one's friend, but hard to keep him so.
	ニューヨークはただ規模の点で長いこと孤高を保ってきた。 nyūyōku wa tada kibo no ten de nagai koto kokō o tamotte ki ta. New York City has long been unusual because of its sheer size.
	旧システム用に書かれたソフトとの上位互換性を保つのは大切です。 kyū shisutemu yō ni kaka re ta sofuto to no jōi gokan sei o tamotsu no wa taisetsu desu. It is important to maintain backward compatibility with software that was written to run on the former system.
	天然染料の方が人工染料より、長い年月にわたって美しい色を保つ。 tennen senryō no hō ga jinkō senryō yori, nagai toshitsuki niwatatte utsukushī iro o tamotsu. Natural dyes keep a more beautiful color over the years than artificial dyes.
	担任の教師は自分の生徒たちと接触を保つようあらゆる努力をすべきだ。 tannin no kyōshi wa jibun no seito tachi to sesshoku o tamotsu yō arayuru doryoku o su beki da. Homeroom teachers should make every effort to keep in touch with their students.
	上のレベルを目指すよりも、今のレベルを保つ事の方が大事だと思います。 ue no reberu o mezasu yori mo, ima no reberu o tamotsu koto no hō ga daiji da to omoi masu. Before we try to move up to the next level, I think we need to focus on keeping what we have.
	北極熊は、生きていくために体を適温に保ち、数日か数ヶ月もあくかもしれない食事の間持ちこたえられるだけの十分なエネルギーを蓄えねばならない。 hokkyokuguma wa, iki te iku tame ni karada o tekion ni tamochi, sū nichi ka sū kagetsu mo aku kamo shire nai shokuji no ma mochikotae rareru dake no jūbun na enerugī o takuwae ne ba nara nai. To survive, the polar bear must keep its body at the right temperature and store enough energy to last between meals that could be a few days or a few months apart.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org