Verb (1-dan, transitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
痛みを堪えて顔を上げる。I raise my face, enduring the pain.
2. to restrain; to control; to keep a check on
その感情を、必死で堪えた。I desperately restrained that emotion.
3. to forgive; to put up with; to pardon