もてる
See also:
モテル
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of
もてる
– see the following entry.
【
持てる
】
[verb]
[from 1753]
(
colloquial
)
to be
popular
, to be
well-liked
by people (e.g. to be popular among
women
)
[verb]
[from 1600s]
potential form of
持つ
(
motsu
)
[godan]
: to be able to
have
or
hold
[verb]
[from 1600s]
to
withstand
, to
endure
Alternative spelling
モテる
(This term,
もてる
(
moteru
)
, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)