1.
maintenance, preservation
The act of keeping something in good condition or at the same level over time.
維持費がかかります。
Maintenance costs money.
維持費 = maintenance costs
建物の維持は大変です。
Building maintenance is hard work.
道路の維持管理には多くの予算が必要です。
Road maintenance and management requires a large budget.
2.
to maintain, to preserve
To keep something in its existing state.
秩序を維持する。
To maintain order.
健康を維持することが大切です。
It's important to maintain your health.
毎日運動して体力を維持するようにしています。
I try to exercise every day to maintain my physical strength.
維持 means to maintain or keep in a certain state.
TRANSITIVITY (as suru verb):
- Type: 他動詞 (transitive)
- Pattern: Xを維持する (maintain X)
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 健康を維持する (maintain health)
- 平和を維持する (maintain peace)
- 水準を維持する (maintain standards)
- 維持費 (maintenance costs)
- 維持管理 (maintenance and management)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 保つ: to keep, maintain (native verb)
- 維持する: to maintain (Sino-Japanese)
- 保存する: to preserve (focus on storage)