受うけ

noun

defense; defensive play

Used especially in games, sports, and combative contexts for defending, parrying, or playing defensively, often contrasted with 攻め.

• この棋き士しは受うけが強つよい。

  This shogi player is strong on defense.

noun

acceptance; agreement

Only when written 請け / 承け

Limited noun use for agreeing to accept or undertake something. Modern Japanese more often uses words such as 承諾, 引き受け, or 契約 depending on the context.

• 契けい約やく書しょの文ぶん脈みゃくでは、依い頼らいを引ひき受うける合ごう意いを「請うけ」と表あらわすことがある。

  In contract contexts, 請け may be used for an agreement to undertake a request.

noun

receiver of a technique

Martial-arts term for the person who receives a throw, lock, strike, or other technique, as opposed to the person applying it.

• 合あい気き道どうの稽けい古こでは、受うけが技わざを受うけ、取とりが技わざをかける。

  In aikido practice, the uke receives the technique and the tori applies it.

noun

bottom; submissive partner

Only with reading ウケ

Slang sexual-role term, especially in male-male or BL contexts. Often written in kana or katakana and contrasted with タチ or 攻め.

See also: ねこ · 攻め · タチ

• この作さく品ひんでは、主しゅ人じん公こうは攻せめではなくウケとして描えがかれている。

  In this work, the protagonist is portrayed as the bottom rather than the top.