承る

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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

  • 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
Imperative (命令形) 承れ けたまわ
Key constructions
Passive 承られる けたまわられ
Causative 承らせる けたまわらせ
Potential 承れる けたまわれ
Volitional 承ろう けたまわろ
Negative 承らない けたまわらない
Negative perfective 承らなかった けたまわらなかった
Formal 承ります けたまわりま
Perfective 承った けたまわった
Conjunctive 承って けたまわって
Hypothetical conditional 承れば けたまわれば

Verb

(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

  • 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

Synonyms

  • (receive, humble): 頂く (いただく, ​itadaku)
  • (receive, not humble): 受ける (うける, ​ukeru), 貰う (もらう, ​morau)
  • (read, humble): 拝読 (はいどく, ​haidoku)
  • (read, not humble): 読む (よむ, ​yomu)
  • (look over, humble): 拝見 (はいけん, ​haiken)
  • (look over, not humble): 見る (みる, ​miru)
  • (hear, humble): 伺う (うかがう, ​ukagau)
  • (hear, not humble): 聞く (きく, ​kiku)
  • (consent): 承諾 (しょうだく, ​shōdaku)
  • (accept): 受諾 (じゅだく, ​judaku), 引き受ける (ひきうける, ​hikiukeru)
  • (say, honorific): 仰る (おっしゃる, ​ossharu)
  • (say, not honorific): 言う (いう, ​iu)

References

  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