Meaning

Primary

To Endure

Alternative

To Bear

Word Type

intransitive verb, transitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means endure, so the verb version is to endure or to bear.

Reading

こらえる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)
たえる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You learned this reading when you learned the kanji!

Context

Context Sentences

この作品は読むに堪えない出来栄えだ。

In the end, I couldn’t bear reading the work.

Kanji Composition