承る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
承
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) うけたまわ​る [ùkétámáwáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [5])[2][3][4]
    • (Tokyo) うけたまわる [ùkétámáwárú] (Heiban – [0])[3][4]
    • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝke̞ta̠ma̠ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
    • 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 うけたまわ​る [ùkétámáwáꜜrù]
    Imperative (命令形) 承れ うけたまわ​れ [ùkétámáwáꜜrè]
    Key constructions
    Passive 承られる うけたまわられ​る [ùkétámáwáráréꜜrù]
    Causative 承らせる うけたまわらせ​る [ùkétámáwáráséꜜrù]
    Potential 承れる うけたまわれ​る [ùkétámáwáréꜜrù]
    Volitional 承ろう うけたまわろ​ー [ùkétámáwáróꜜò]
    Negative 承らない うけたまわら​ない [ùkétámáwáráꜜnàì]
    Negative perfective 承らなかった うけたまわら​なかった [ùkétámáwáráꜜnàkàttà]
    Formal 承ります うけたまわりま​す [ùkétámáwárímáꜜsù]
    Perfective 承った うけたまわ​った [ùkétámáwáꜜttà]
    Conjunctive 承って うけたまわ​って [ùkétámáwáꜜttè]
    Hypothetical conditional 承れば うけたまわ​れば [ùkétámáwáꜜrèbà]

    Verb

    承(うけたまわ)る • (uketamawaru) transitive godan (stem 承(うけたまわ)り (uketamawari), past 承(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
      承(うけたまわ)りましょう
      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 is the verb with longest kanji reading (5 morae) うけたまわ.る uketamawa.ru. The only other common kanji with a 5-morae reading are the nouns 志(こころざし) (kokorozashi) and 詔(みことのり) (mikotonori), while no jōyō kanji have readings of 6 or more morae.
    • 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 受(う)け賜(たまわ)る (uketamawaru), hence (1+1)+3=5; compare common 受(う)け付(つ)ける (uketsukeru).

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    References

    1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
    2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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