花を持たせる

はなをもたせる

to let someone have the credit for (a success), to let someone else carry the flowers

間を持たせる

まをもたせる

to fill in time; to stall (e.g. an audience)

気を持たせる

きをもたせる

to encourage someone to expect something, to raise someone's hopes

含み

ふくみ

implication, hidden meaning, latitude, atmosphere, tone, sentiment, inclusion

持たせる

もたせる

to have someone hold something, to allow someone to keep something

含ませる

ふくませる

to soak, to saturate, to suckle, to make one hold something in the mouth, to include, to instruct, to make one understand

含み声

ふくみごえ

muffled voice

弱含み

よわふくみ じゃくふくみ

bearish (stock market)

含み益

unrealized profit; paper profit; unrealized gains

含み綿

wad of cotton (esp. used in dentistry)

利含み

りふくみ

accrue interest

強含み

つよふくみ

strengthening, strong tone, strong feeling

含み損

unrealized loss; paper loss

宣命を含める

せんみょうをふくめる

to make someone understand their fate, to reason with, to persuade, to deliver an imperial edict (which cannot be refused)

因果を含める

いんがをふくめる

to persuade someone to accept the inevitable

満を持する

まんをじする

to have readied a bow and stand at ready, to watch for an opportunity, to wait until the time is ripe

針を含む

はりをふくむ

to hurt someone's feelings

気を持たす

きをもたす

to encourage someone to expect something, to raise someone's hopes

間を持たす

まをもたす

to fill in time; to stall (e.g. an audience)