JLPT N1 · Verb

受け止める (uketomeru)

受け止める (うけとめる, uketomeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to catch; to stop the blow”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: うけとめる
Romaji: uketomeru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to catch; to stop the blow · ichidan verb, transitive
to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept; to come to grips with · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

・・・はぁ、どう状況を受け止めればいいのかしら。

... Aaah, just how am I supposed to cope with this I wonder?

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

Conjugation of 受け止める

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	受け止める	うけとめる uketomeru
Polite (~masu)	受け止めます	うけとめます uketomemasu
Negative	受け止めない	うけとめない uketomenai
Polite negative	受け止めません	うけとめません uketomemasen
Past	受け止めた	うけとめた uketometa
Polite past	受け止めました	うけとめました uketomemashita
Negative past	受け止めなかった	うけとめなかった uketomenakatta
Te-form	受け止めて	うけとめて uketomete
Potential	受け止められる	うけとめられる uketomerareru
Passive	受け止められる	うけとめられる uketomerareru
Causative	受け止めさせる	うけとめさせる uketomesaseru
Volitional	受け止めよう	うけとめよう uketomeyou
Imperative	受け止めろ	うけとめろ uketomero
Conditional (~ba)	受け止めれば	うけとめれば uketomereba

Kanji in 受け止める

受

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

止

stop, haltシ・と.まる・-ど.まり · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 受け止める.

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

Source: JMdict entry 1329630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.