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請け負う · godan verb (-u)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	請うけ負おう	請うけ負おわない
Polite	請うけ負おいます	請うけ負おいません
Past polite	請うけ負おいました	請うけ負おいませんでした
Past	請うけ負おった	請うけ負おわなかった
Te-form	請うけ負おって	請うけ負おわないで
Desire	請うけ負おいたい	請うけ負おいたくない
Potential	請うけ負おえる	請うけ負おえない
Passive	請うけ負おわれる	請うけ負おわれない
Causative	請うけ負おわせる	請うけ負おわせない
Causative passive	請うけ負おわせられるalso 請うけ負おわされる	請うけ負おわせられないalso 請うけ負おわされない
Volitional	請うけ負おおう
Polite volitional	請うけ負おいましょう
Imperative	請うけ負おえ	請うけ負おうな
Conditional	請うけ負おえば	請うけ負おわなければ
Tara conditional	請うけ負おったら	請うけ負おわなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

contract to do; undertake; take on (work)

Used when a person or company formally agrees to perform a task, project, or job, often for a client. Common in business and construction contexts.

その建けん設せつ会がい社しゃが新あたらしい橋はしの工こう事じを請うけ負おった。
The construction company contracted to build the new bridge.
彼かれはウェブサイトの制せい作さくを請うけ負おっている。
He undertakes website production work.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

take responsibility for; be liable for

archaic

Archaic sense; in modern Japanese, 責任を負う or 引き受ける are more common for taking responsibility.

古こ文もん書じょでは、村むらの長おさが争あらそいの責せき任にんを請うけ負おうと記しるされている。
In old documents, it is recorded that the village head takes responsibility for disputes.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を請うけ負おうto contract to do (a job/task)
その会かい社しゃはビルの建けん設せつを請うけ負おった。
That company took on the contract to build the building.
〈人ひと〉から仕し事ごとを請うけ負おうto take on work contracted from someone/some client
私わたしたちは大手企業おおでききぎょうから仕し事ごとを請うけ負おっている。
We take on work contracted from a major company.
〈事こと〉を一いっ括かつして請うけ負おうto take on (a project) as a single, all-inclusive contract
その工こう事じは一いっ社しゃが一いっ括かつして請うけ負おうことになった。
The construction work ended up being contracted out entirely to one company.

Kanji

請solicit, invite, ask
負defeat, negative, -

Related words

引ひき受うけるN3sense 1
引き受ける is the general word for taking on a task or responsibility in everyday life, while 請け負う specifically means to formally contract to do a job, often in business or construction.
受じゅ注ちゅう sense 1
受注する means to receive an order for goods or services from a client, a narrower business term than the more general 請け負う, which covers taking on any contracted work.
契けい約やくN3sense 1
契約する focuses on the act of signing a contract itself, while 請け負う emphasizes agreeing to actually perform the work specified in that contract.

Opposites

断ことわるN3sense 1
断る means to refuse or decline a request, the opposite of 請け負う, which means to accept and take on the job.

Politeness

承うけたまわるhumble 謙譲語N2sense 1
承る is the humble form used when respectfully accepting a request or order from a client, whereas 請け負う is the neutral business term for formally contracting to do the work.

Written forms

請うけ負おうUsage85%
Standard kanji spelling with high news frequency.
請うけ負おうUsage14%
Variant spelling; less common than 請け負う.
うけおうUsage1%

Etymology

A compound of the continuative form of 受ける and 負う, literally conveying acceptance of a burden or responsibility. 請け is a conventional spelling emphasizing formal undertaking or contracting.