I Love Kanji受け持つ (ukemotsu)
受け持つ (うけもつ, ukemotsu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to take (be in) charge of”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- うけもつ
- Romaji
- ukemotsu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to take (be in) charge of · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 受け持つ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 受け持つ | うけもつ ukemotsu |
| Polite (~masu) | 受け持ちます | うけもちます ukemochimasu |
| Negative | 受け持たない | うけもたない ukemotanai |
| Polite negative | 受け持ちません | うけもちません ukemochimasen |
| Past | 受け持った | うけもった ukemotta |
| Polite past | 受け持ちました | うけもちました ukemochimashita |
| Negative past | 受け持たなかった | うけもたなかった ukemotanakatta |
| Te-form | 受け持って | うけもって ukemotte |
| Potential | 受け持てる | うけもてる ukemoteru |
| Passive | 受け持たれる | うけもたれる ukemotareru |
| Causative | 受け持たせる | うけもたせる ukemotaseru |
| Volitional | 受け持とう | うけもとう ukemotou |
| Imperative | 受け持て | うけもて ukemote |
| Conditional (~ba) | 受け持てば | うけもてば ukemoteba |
Kanji in 受け持つ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 受け持つ.
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.)受け取るうけとるto receive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 1329640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.