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2 exact word matches found in search 'もて'
prefix
emphatic prefix  (see also: もて囃す, もて扱う; before a verb)
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noun
1. face
2. surface
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12 words found beginning with 'もて'
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to entertain; to make welcome  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 持てる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.)  (see also: 持つ)
2. to be well liked; to be popular; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed  (see also: モテる)
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Most common form: 持てなし
hospitality; reception; treatment; service; entertainment  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: モテない
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular  (see also: モテる, 持てる)
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Most common form: 持てはやす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 持て余す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
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Most common form: 弄物
noun
plaything; toy
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Most common form: モテ期
noun
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual  (colloquialism)
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'bu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with
2. to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with
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'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to take care of  (archaic)
2. to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with  (see also: 持て余す; archaic)
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1 word found containing 'もて' in any position
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Most common form: 怖面
hard-faced; aggressive; fierce look; frightening look; scary face
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