1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

   1.

   to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with

2. 2.

   to restrain; to control; to keep a check on

3. 3.

   to forgive; to put up with; to pardon

Example sentences

• 私の家は地震に堪えるように設計されている。

  My house is designed so as to withstand an earthquake.

• 自由は山巓の空気に似ている。どちらも弱い者には堪えることは出来ない。

  Freedom is akin to the rarified air of a mountain top. Weak men cannot bear one or the other.