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片持ち (かたもち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

片かた持もち

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ち

Meanings

1

noun

Engineering term for a beam or structure supported at only one end.

この橋はしは片かた持もち構こう造ぞうになっている。
This bridge has a cantilever structure.

Kanji

片one-sided, leaf, sheet
持hold, have

Etymology

Compound of 片 (kata, 'one side') and 持ち (mochi, 'support'), referring to support from one side only.