Keep

"Keep" in Japanese

保つ

tamotsu

(to maintain the condition of; to preserve)

保持する

hoji suru

(to maintain possession of)

抑止する

yokushi suru

(to restrain)

残る

nokoru

(to continue)

留まる

todomaru

(to remain in, to be confined to)

継続する

keizoku suru

(to continue)

続行する

zokkō suru

(to continue)

維持する

iji suru

(to maintain the condition of; to preserve)

飼う

kau

(of livestock: to raise; to care for)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.