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承る

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
うけたまわ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
受け賜る

Etymology

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Compound of 受ける (ukeru, to receive) +‎ 賜る (tamawaru, to be granted), with alternative (irregular) spelling as 受け賜る.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「承る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
承る けたまわ [ùkétámáwáꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 承れ けたまわ [ùkétámáwáꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 承られる けたまわられ [ùkétámáwáráréꜜrù]
Causative 承らせる けたまわらせ [ùkétámáwáráséꜜrù]
Potential 承れる けたまわれ [ùkétámáwáréꜜrù]
Volitional 承ろう けたまわろ [ùkétámáwáróꜜò]
Negative 承らない けたまわらない [ùkétámáwáráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 承らなかった けたまわらなかった [ùkétámáwáráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 承ります けたまわりま [ùkétámáwárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 承った けたまわった [ùkétámáwáꜜttà]
Conjunctive 承って けたまわって [ùkétámáwáꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 承れば けたまわれば [ùkétámáwáꜜrèbà]

Verb

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(うけたまわ) (uketamawarutransitive godan (stem (うけたまわ) (uketamawari), past (うけたまわ)った (uketamawatta))

  1. (humble) to receive
  2. (humble) to read, to look over (from the sense of receiving a letter or document)
  3. (humble) to hear, to listen to, to be told
    (うけたまわ)ましょう
    uketamawarimashō
    I'll listen to you respectfully
  4. (humble) to consent to, to agree to, to accept (such as a command or instruction)
  5. (rare, honorific) to speak, to say (said of someone else, never of oneself)

Usage notes

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  • This unusually long reading is due to 承る being a single character for a compound verb, one component of which has a long reading (alternative spelling as ()(たまわ) (uketamawaru), hence (1+1)+3=5; compare common ()()ける (uketsukeru).

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN