popularity; favorable reception; reputation
Refers to how well a person, joke, product, idea, etc. is received by a group. As a suffix in forms such as 女性受け or 子ども受け, it means appeal to that group.
This project is well received by younger people.
女性受けを狙ったデザインだ。
It is a design aimed at appealing to women.
defense; defensive play
Used especially in games, sports, and combative contexts for defending, parrying, or playing defensively, often contrasted with 攻め.
この棋士は受けが強い。
This shogi player is strong on defense.
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.
契約書の文脈では、依頼を引き受ける合意を「請け」と表すことがある。
In contract contexts, 請け may be used for an agreement to undertake a request.
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.
合気道の稽古では、受けが技を受け、取りが技をかける。
In aikido practice, the uke receives the technique and the tori applies it.
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.
この作品では、主人公は攻めではなくウケとして描かれている。
In this work, the protagonist is portrayed as the bottom rather than the top.
That product is popular with young people.
He always makes jokes trying to get a laugh.
In the second half of the match, we went on the defensive.
I took the ukemi role during judo practice.
accept; receive; agree to
receiving; receipt
receive; get; accept · take; interpret; understand
undertaking; acceptance; taking on responsibility · underwriting; formal acceptance of risk or obligation
catch; stop the blow · accept; take in; come to grips with
waiting; expecting · standby screen; wallpaper (phone)
inherit; succeed; take over
delivery; transfer; handover
saucer · receptacle; receiver; successor
reply; response; answer
accept; receive (applications, submissions) · take (food, medicine); tolerate; endure · be affected by; take damage from
transfer; inheritance; taking over
receiver; recipient; audience
mailbox; letter box; mail slot
retailing; buying and reselling · parroting; echoing; repeating someone else's words
take charge of; be in charge of; handle
charge; assignment; responsibility
popularity; public appeal
ward off; parry; deflect
bearing; shaft bearing; axle bearing; plummer block; pillow block
undertaking; acceptance (of a task)
receipt of goods; receiving of freight
popular appeal; mass appeal
facing the north; north-facing
protruding lower lip and jaw; underbite · socket; receiving slot; opening
keeper; strike; latch receiver
money collector in a scam
wooden support; brace; prop
Used especially when the nuance is accepting or undertaking an obligation, job, or agreement.
Rare/formal attested spelling connected with accepting or receiving; not the normal spelling for popularity or defense.