うけとめる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
受け止める 受止める (dated)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うけとめ​る [ùkétóméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) うけとめる [ùkétómérú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝke̞to̞me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

うけとめる • (uketomeru) ^{←うけとめる (uketomeru)?}transitive ichidan (stem うけとめ (uketome), past うけとめた (uketometa))

1. "to catch and stop"
   1. to catch

      球(たま)を受(う)け止(と)める ― tama o uketomeru ― (baseball) to field a ball

   2. to take an attack
   3. to receive and accept affairs

      愛(あい)を受(う)け止(と)める ― ai o uketomeru ― to receive someone's love

      問(もん)題(だい)を受(う)け止(と)める ― mondai o uketomeru ― to tackle a problem

      事(じ)実(じつ)を受(う)け止(と)める ― jijitsu o uketomeru ― to face reality

      結(けっ)果(か)を受(う)け止(と)める ― kekka o uketomeru ― to accept the results

Conjugation

Conjugation of "うけとめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	うけとめ	uketome
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	うけとめ	uketome
Shūshikei ("terminal")	うけとめる	uketomeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	うけとめる	uketomeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	うけとめれ	uketomere
Meireikei ("imperative")	うけとめよ¹ うけとめろ²	uketomeyo¹ uketomero²
Key constructions
Passive	うけとめられる	uketomerareru
Causative	うけとめさせる うけとめさす	uketomesaseru uketomesasu
Potential	うけとめられる うけとめれる³	uketomerareru uketomereru³
Volitional	うけとめよう	uketomeyō
Negative	うけとめない うけとめぬ うけとめん	uketomenai uketomenu uketomen
Negative continuative	うけとめず	uketomezu
Formal	うけとめます	uketomemasu
Perfective	うけとめた	uketometa
Conjunctive	うけとめて	uketomete
Hypothetical conditional	うけとめれば	uketomereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential