► 動詞
受け入れる [(4)うけいれる] meaning: accept rank: 1
☆ 会社は組合の要求を受け入れた ⇨ The company accepted the demands of the union
受け入れる [(4)うけいれる] meaning: admit rank: 1
☆ 政府は難民を受け入れることを決めた ⇨ The government decided to accept refugees
受ける [(2)うける] [coll] meaning: please rank: 1
☆ 最近の映画は大衆に受けることしか狙っていない ⇨ The movies nowadays are only trying to please the mass
☆ 彼の冗談は全く受けなかった ⇨ His joke didn’t make anybody laugh. It completely fell flat
受け取る [うけとる] meaning: receive rank: 1
☆ 私は彼から手紙を受け取った ⇨ I received a letter from him
受ける [(2)うける] meaning: receive rank: 1
☆ この地域は台風で大きな被害を受けた ⇨ This region received extensive damage by the typhoon
☆ 彼は印象派の影響を受けている ⇨ He is influenced by Impressionism
☆ 私達は大型の注文を受けた ⇨ We received a large order
受ける [(2)うける] meaning: take rank: 1
☆ 彼は運転免許の試験を受けた ⇨ He took a driving license test (☛ Take a test/exam)
☆ 彼女は乳癌の検査を受けた ⇨ She took a mammogram (☛ Take a test/exam)
受け付ける [(4)うけつける] meaning: accept rank: 2
☆ 彼女は他人の意見を全く受け付けない ⇨ She never accepts other people’s opinions
☆ 私達は仕事の応募を受け付けています ⇨ We are accepting applications for jobs
受かる [(2)うかる] [coll] meaning: pass rank: 2
☆ 彼は司法試験に受かった ⇨ He passed bar exam (☛ Pass, especially a license or admission exam)
受け止める [(4)うけとめる] meaning: receive rank: 2
☆ フレームは路面からの衝撃を受け止めるよう設計されている ⇨ The frame is design to cope with impacts from the road (☛ Receive an impact, shock whether physically or figuratively, and cope with it)
受け継ぐ [うけつぐ] meaning: succeed rank: 2
☆ 長年受け継がれてきた伝統の技 ⇨ A craft handed down for many years
受け付ける [(4)うけつける] meaning: tolerate rank: 2
☆ 私は酒を受け付けない体質だ ⇨ My body doesn’t tolerate alcohol (☛ Usually used in negative as 受け付けない. Have a bad reaction)
受け取る [うけとる] meaning: understand rank: 2
☆ 彼は私の言ったことを皮肉と受け取ったらしい ⇨ It looks like he received, interpreted, what I said as a sarcasm (☛ Interpret someone’s words, often something negative like criticisms, complaints, etc.)
受け止める [(4)うけとめる] meaning: understand rank: 2
☆ 彼の言葉をどう受け止めていいのか分からない ⇨ I don’t know how to receive, interpret, what he said (☛ Verbal communications, often something negative like criticisms, complaints, etc. to be understood)
受け持つ [(3)うけもつ] meaning: responsible rank: 3
☆ 彼が受け持っている顧客 ⇨ The client that he is responsible for
受け渡す [(4)うけわたす] meaning: hand rank: 4
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受け流す [(4)うけながす] meaning: reject rank: 4
☆ 彼は批判を軽く受け流した ⇨ He brushed off the criticism
► 名詞
受け身 [うけみ] meaning: passive rank: 2
☆ 受け身の文章 ⇨ A passive sentence
☆ 彼女はいつも受け身だ ⇨ She is always passive
☆ 柔道の受け身 ⇨ An impact absorbing posture in judo
受け [(2)うけ] [coll] meaning: popular rank: 2
☆ 彼女は男ウケが良いが女ウケが悪い ⇨ She is popular among guys but not well-liked among girls
受け狙い [(3)うけねらい] [coll] meaning: please rank: 3
☆ 彼はウケ狙いで言ったつもりだったが皆の怒りを買った ⇨ He tried to be funny but ended up angering everybody (☛ Often implies one is frivolous in his attempt to be funny)
受け答え [(2)うけこたえ] [受け答えする] meaning: respond rank: 3
☆ 質問の意味が分からず、咄嗟に受け答えが出来なかった ⇨ I didn’t understand the question, and I wasn’t able to respond immediately
受け持ち [うけもち] meaning: responsible rank: 3
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受け渡し [うけわたし] meaning: hand rank: 4
☆ 業者と役人の間に金銭の受け渡しがあった ⇨ There was a handover of money between the contractor and the official (☛ Literally “receipt and handover”)
受け口 [(2)うけぐち] meaning: jaw rank: 4
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