堪える

(1) 抵抗するか、抵抗に立ち向かう(resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held")(resist or confront with resistance)

⇒橋は持ちこたえた(resist or confront with resistance)

(2) 口実を受け入れる(accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands")(accept an excuse for)

⇒汚れた手で申し訳ない(accept an excuse for)

(3) 不快な何かまたは誰かを我慢する(put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage")(put up with something or somebody unpleasant)

⇒彼女は悲惨な結婚生活を2年間耐えた(put up with something or somebody unpleasant)

(4) 苦難または逆境を通して生き続ける(continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?")(continue to live through hardship or adversity)

⇒どれくらい長い間、人は食物と水なしで生きられるのだろうか？(continue to live through hardship or adversity)

(5) 持続し、使用可能である(last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years")(last and be usable)

⇒このドレスは、ほぼ10年の間長持ちした(last and be usable)

(6) 受ける、または被る(undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate")(undergo or suffer)

⇒ひどい運命に苦しみなさい(undergo or suffer)

(7) 不利益な状態におかれる(be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation")(be set at a disadvantage)

⇒この作者は、翻訳に非常に苦しんだ(be set at a disadvantage)