JLPT N2 · Verb

引受る (hikiukeru)

引受る (ひきうける, hikiukeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to take on; to undertake”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひきうける
Romaji: hikiukeru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to take on; to undertake; to accept; to take charge of; to assume responsibility for · ichidan verb, transitive
to take over; to inherit · ichidan verb, transitive
to guarantee; to vouch for · ichidan verb, transitive
to contract (a disease) · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

その仕事を引き受けようかなと思っている。

I'm wondering whether to take on that job.

Tatoeba #210325

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 引受る

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	引受る	ひきうける hikiukeru
Polite (~masu)	引受ます	ひきうけます hikiukemasu
Negative	引受ない	ひきうけない hikiukenai
Polite negative	引受ません	ひきうけません hikiukemasen
Past	引受た	ひきうけた hikiuketa
Polite past	引受ました	ひきうけました hikiukemashita
Negative past	引受なかった	ひきうけなかった hikiukenakatta
Te-form	引受て	ひきうけて hikiukete
Potential	引受られる	ひきうけられる hikiukerareru
Passive	引受られる	ひきうけられる hikiukerareru
Causative	引受させる	ひきうけさせる hikiukesaseru
Volitional	引受よう	ひきうけよう hikiukeyou
Imperative	引受ろ	ひきうけろ hikiukero
Conditional (~ba)	引受れば	ひきうければ hikiukereba

Kanji in 引受る

引

pull, tug, jerkイン・ひ.く・ひ.ける · 4 strokes

受

accept, undergo, answer (phone)ジュ・う.ける・-う.け · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 引受る.

字引じびきdictionary引くひくto pull引っ越すひっこすto move (house)引き出しひきだしdrawer引退いんたいretirement引用いんようquotation引越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)引っ張るひっぱるto pull引力いんりょくattraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation)強引ごういんoverbearing索引さくいんindex (in a book)引算ひきざんsubtraction割引わりびきdiscount長引くながびくto be prolonged

Source: JMdict entry 1601520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.