うけとめる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
受け止める
受止める (dated)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うけとめる [ùkétóméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) うけとめる [ùkétómérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ke̞to̞me̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

うけとめる • (uketomeru) ←うけとめる (uketomeru)?transitive ichidan (stem うけとめ (uketome), past うけとめた (uketometa))

  1. "to catch and stop"
    1. to catch
      球(たま)を受(う)け止(と)める ― tama o uketomeru ― (baseball) to field a ball
    2. to take an attack
    3. to receive and accept affairs
      愛(あい)を受(う)け止(と)める ― ai o uketomeru ― to receive someone's love
      問(もん)題(だい)を受(う)け止(と)める ― mondai o uketomeru ― to tackle a problem
      事(じ)実(じつ)を受(う)け止(と)める ― jijitsu o uketomeru ― to face reality
      結(けっ)果(か)を受(う)け止(と)める ― kekka o uketomeru ― to accept the results

Conjugation

Conjugation of "うけとめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") うけとめ uketome
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") うけとめ uketome
Shūshikei ("terminal") うけとめる uketomeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") うけとめる uketomeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") うけとめれ uketomere
Meireikei ("imperative") うけとめよ¹
うけとめろ² 		uketomeyo¹
uketomero²
Key constructions
Passive うけとめられる uketomerareru
Causative うけとめさせる
うけとめさす 		uketomesaseru
uketomesasu
Potential うけとめられる
うけとめれる³ 		uketomerareru
uketomereru³
Volitional うけとめよう uketomeyō
Negative うけとめない
うけとめぬ
うけとめん 		uketomenai
uketomenu
uketomen
Negative continuative うけとめず uketomezu
Formal うけとめます uketomemasu
Perfective うけとめた uketometa
Conjunctive うけとめて uketomete
Hypothetical conditional うけとめれば uketomereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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