請け負う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 請 | 負 |
| う Grade: S |
お Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 請負う |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) うけおう [ùkéóꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- (Tokyo) うけおう [ùkéóú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟ke̞o̞ɯ̟]
Verb
請け負う • (ukeou) ←うけおふ (ukeofu)?transitive godan (stem 請け負い (ukeoi), past 請け負った (ukeotta))
- to undertake
- to take responsibility for
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 請け負わ | うけおわ | ukeowa |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 請け負い | うけおい | ukeoi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 請け負う | うけおう | ukeou |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 請け負う | うけおう | ukeou |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 請け負え | うけおえ | ukeoe |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 請け負え | うけおえ | ukeoe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 請け負われる | うけおわれる | ukeowareru |
| Causative | 請け負わせる 請け負わす |
うけおわせる うけおわす |
ukeowaseru ukeowasu |
| Potential | 請け負える | うけおえる | ukeoeru |
| Volitional | 請け負おう | うけおおう | ukeoō |
| Negative | 請け負わない | うけおわない | ukeowanai |
| Negative continuative | 請け負わず | うけおわず | ukeowazu |
| Formal | 請け負います | うけおいます | ukeoimasu |
| Perfective | 請け負った | うけおった | ukeotta |
| Conjunctive | 請け負って | うけおって | ukeotte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 請け負えば | うけおえば | ukeoeba |
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 請け負は | うけおは | ukeofa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 請け負ひ | うけおひ | ukeofi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 請け負ふ | うけおふ | ukeofu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 請け負ふ | うけおふ | ukeofu |
| Realis (已然形) | 請け負へ | うけおへ | ukeofe |
| Imperative (命令形) | 請け負へ | うけおへ | ukeofe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 請け負はず | うけおはず | ukeofazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 請け負へど | うけおへど | ukeofedo |
| Causal conjunction | 請け負へば | うけおへば | ukeofeba |
| Conditional conjunction | 請け負はば | うけおはば | ukeofaba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 請け負ひき | うけおひき | ukeofiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 請け負ひけり | うけおひけり | ukeofikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 請け負ひつ | うけおひつ | ukeofitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 請け負ひぬ | うけおひぬ | ukeofinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 請け負へり 請け負ひたり |
うけおへり うけおひたり |
ukeoferi ukeofitari |
| Volitional | 請け負はむ | うけおはむ | ukeofamu |
Related terms
- 請負 (ukeoi)
References
- “請け負う”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026