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► 動詞
請け負う  [(3)うけおう]    meaning:  undertake  rank: 2
☆ 出来もしないを請け負うんじゃない ⇨ Don’t promise to do something you are not even capable of
☆ 彼等大型建築工事を請け負った ⇨ They’ve undertaken a large construction work

引き受ける  [(4)ひきうける]    meaning:  undertake  rank: 2
☆ しい建物設計を引き受けた ⇨ He took on the design of the new building

► 名詞
請け負い  [うけおい]  [請け負いする]    meaning:  undertake  rank: 3
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請負人  [うけおいにん]    meaning:  undertake  rank: 4
☆ その監督優勝請負人とばれている ⇨ The manager is called “a hired gun who brings championship”  (☛ An expert who is contracted to accomplish a difficult task, and then moves on)

安請け負い  [(3)やすうけおい]  [安請け負いする]    meaning:  undertake  rank: 4
☆ しい仕事を安請け負いしたのが間違いだった ⇨ It was a mistake to accept the difficult job too cheap, too easily  (☛ Undertake some work at a price too low. Often used figuratively)