JLPT N3 · Verb

受け取る (uketoru)

受け取る (うけとる, uketoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to receive; to get”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: うけとる
Romaji: uketoru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to receive; to get; to accept · godan verb, transitive
to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

この贈り物は受け取れません。

I cannot accept this gift.

Tatoeba #220689

彼女は私の言葉を侮辱と受け取ったようだ。

She seems to have taken my remark as an insult.

Tatoeba #89389

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

Conjugation of 受け取る

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	受け取る	うけとる uketoru
Polite (~masu)	受け取ります	うけとります uketorimasu
Negative	受け取らない	うけとらない uketoranai
Polite negative	受け取りません	うけとりません uketorimasen
Past	受け取った	うけとった uketotta
Polite past	受け取りました	うけとりました uketorimashita
Negative past	受け取らなかった	うけとらなかった uketoranakatta
Te-form	受け取って	うけとって uketotte
Potential	受け取れる	うけとれる uketoreru
Passive	受け取られる	うけとられる uketorareru
Causative	受け取らせる	うけとらせる uketoraseru
Volitional	受け取ろう	うけとろう uketorou
Imperative	受け取れ	うけとれ uketore
Conditional (~ba)	受け取れば	うけとれば uketoreba

Kanji in 受け取る

受

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

取

take, fetch, take upシュ・と.る・と.り · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 受け取る.

受付うけつけreception (desk)受けるうけるto receive享受きょうじゅenjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.)受取うけとりreceiving受験じゅけんtaking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)受話器じゅわき(telephone) receiver引受るひきうけるto take on受け持つうけもつto take (be in) charge of受身うけみthe defensive受かるうかるto pass (examination)受持ちうけもちcharge (of something)受け入れうけいれreceiving受け継ぐうけつぐto inherit受け入れるうけいれるto accept

Source: JMdict entry 1329650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.