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引き受け (ひきうけ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Meanings 1
noun
undertaking ; acceptance ; taking on responsibility
Noun form of 引き受ける, used when someone accepts a request, task, role, obligation, or responsibility.
仕し 事ごと の 引ひ き 受う け に は 責せき 任にん が 伴ともな う 。
Taking on a job comes with responsibility.
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noun
underwriting ; formal acceptance of risk or obligation
Specialized business, finance, insurance, and legal use, such as underwriting securities or deciding whether to accept an insurance application; 引受 is especially common in this style.
Written forms 引ひ き 受う け Usage 10%
Standard full-okurigana spelling and the high-priority form.
引ひき 受うけ Usage 72%
Compact no-okurigana form, especially common in legal, financial, insurance, and business compounds or headings.
引ひき 受う け Usage 18%
Acceptable okurigana variant, often seen in business or administrative writing.
Kanji 受 accept, undergo, answer (phone) Similar words 引ひ き 受う ける The verb meaning to undertake, accept, or take responsibility; 引き受け is its noun form.
受じゅ 諾だく More formal noun for acceptance or consent, often of a proposal or request; 引き受け emphasizes taking on the task or responsibility.
請うけ 負おい Refers specifically to contract work or undertaking a job for payment; 引き受け is broader and can be any accepted responsibility.
Etymology Nominal form of the verb 引き受ける, meaning to undertake or accept responsibility. The spelling combines 引き and 受け, but this is best treated as a conventional compound rather than a precise historical explanation.
