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請い受ける (こいうける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
ichidan verb
receive by earnest request ; beg and receive
Implies that the receiver actively and earnestly asked for something, often with a sense of humility or strong desire. Similar to 請い求める, but with more emphasis on the act of receiving after requesting.
See also: 請い求める
支し
援えん
を
請こ
い
受う
ける
ため
に
、
彼かれ
は
多おお
く
の
人ひと
に
手て
紙がみ
を
書か
い
た
。
In order to beg and receive support, he wrote letters to many people.
Written forms 請こ い 受う ける Usage 60%
Standard kanji spelling; 請い conveys the nuance of earnestly requesting.
乞こ い 受う ける Usage 40%
Alternate kanji spelling; 乞い also means to beg or request, but 請い is more common.
Kanji 受 accept, undergo, answer (phone) Etymology Compound of 請い (continuative form of 請う, 'to request earnestly') + 受ける ('to receive'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning 'to receive after earnestly requesting'.
