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受け取る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	受うけ取とる	受うけ取とらない
Polite	受うけ取とります	受うけ取とりません
Past polite	受うけ取とりました	受うけ取とりませんでした
Past	受うけ取とった	受うけ取とらなかった
Te-form	受うけ取とって	受うけ取とらないで
Desire	受うけ取とりたい	受うけ取とりたくない
Potential	受うけ取とれる	受うけ取とれない
Passive	受うけ取とられる	受うけ取とられない
Causative	受うけ取とらせる	受うけ取とらせない
Causative passive	受うけ取とらせられるalso 受うけ取とらされる	受うけ取とらせられないalso 受うけ取とらされない
Volitional	受うけ取とろう
Polite volitional	受うけ取とりましょう
Imperative	受うけ取とれ	受うけ取とるな
Conditional	受うけ取とれば	受うけ取とらなければ
Tara conditional	受うけ取とったら	受うけ取とらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

receive; get; accept

Physical or formal receipt of objects, payments, letters, awards, etc. Also used for accepting offers, invitations, or ideas.

昨日きのう、友とも達だちから手て紙がみを受うけ取とった。
I received a letter from a friend yesterday.
お金かねを受うけ取とったら、領りょう収しゅう書しょを渡わたしてください。
When you receive the money, please hand over a receipt.
彼かれはその申もうし出でを素す直なおに受うけ取とった。
He accepted the offer without hesitation.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

take; interpret; understand

How one receives or interprets someone's words, actions, or attitude. Often used with adverbs like どう, どうも, 悪く, 真に受ける, etc.

彼かれの冗じょう談だんを真まに受うけ取とって怒おこってしまった。
I took his joke seriously and got angry.
その言こと葉ばをどう受うけ取とるかはあなた次し第だいです。
How you take those words is up to you.
彼かの女じょは私わたしのアドバイスを悪わるく受うけ取とったようだ。
She seems to have taken my advice the wrong way.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉から〈物もの〉を受うけ取とるto receive something from someone
彼かの女じょから手て紙がみを受うけ取とった。
I received a letter from her.
〈事こと〉をそのまま受うけ取とるto take something at face value
彼かれの言こと葉ばをそのまま受うけ取とってはいけない。
You shouldn't take his words at face value.
〈物もの〉を受うけ取とりに行いくto go pick up/collect something
郵ゆう便びん局きょくに荷に物もつを受うけ取とりに行いった。
I went to the post office to pick up a package.
〈事こと〉を悪わるく受うけ取とるto take something in a bad way; to misread it negatively
彼かの女じょは私わたしの冗じょう談だんを悪わるく受うけ取とったようだ。
It seems she took my joke the wrong way.
〈事こと〉をどう受うけ取とるかhow one interprets or takes something
彼かれのアドバイスをどう受うけ取とるかは人ひとによって違ちがう。
How you take his advice depends on the person.

Kanji

受accept, undergo, answer (phone)
取take, fetch, take up
請solicit, invite, ask

Related words· 8

もらうN5sense 1
もらう is a casual, everyday word for getting something from someone, while 受け取る sounds more formal and stresses the act of accepting or taking receipt of it.
解かい釈しゃくN3sense 2
解釈する means to interpret or analyze meaning in a more deliberate, intellectual way, while 受け取る (in its second sense) is used for how one personally takes or feels about someone's words or attitude.
受うけるN4sense 1
受ける is a broader verb covering receiving, undergoing, or taking (a test, damage, a call), while 受け取る is narrower, focused on physically receiving an item or interpreting a message.
受じゅ領りょう sense 1
受領する is a stiff, official term used mainly for formally receiving goods or payments in writing, whereas 受け取る is the everyday word for the same act.

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引ひき取とるN2
受け取る is the general verb for receiving something handed or sent to you, while 引き取る stresses collecting something left, unclaimed, or requiring pickup.
受うけ付つけるN2
受け付ける is used for the formal acceptance of applications or requests, while 受け取る refers to physically receiving an object or interpreting a message.
受じゅ理り
受け取る is a general verb for receiving something physically or figuratively, while 受理 is the formal, often procedural acceptance of documents or applications.
受じゅ給きゅうN1
受け取る is the everyday verb for receiving something in general, whereas 受給 is a formal noun used specifically for receiving benefits or regular payments from a system.

Opposites· 5

渡わたすN5sense 1
渡す means to hand something over, the opposite action to 受け取る, which means to receive it.
送おくるN5
受け取る means to receive something, the opposite action to 送る's sense of sending.
支し払はらうN3
支払う means to pay money out, while 受け取る means to receive money or goods, the opposite side of a transaction.

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引ひき渡わたす
受け取る means to receive something, the opposite action of 引き渡す, which means to hand it over.
払はらうN5
払う means to pay money out, while 受け取る means to receive it, making them opposite ends of a transaction.

Politeness

拝はい受じゅhumble 謙譲語sense 1
拝受する is the humble form used in formal letters and business Japanese to say one has received something, while 受け取る is the plain, everyday equivalent.

Don't confuse with

受うけ入いれるN2sense 1
受け入れる means to accept or take in (an idea, request, or person) into a group or system, while 受け取る is about physically receiving an object or taking words a certain way.
受うけ付つけるN2sense 1
受け付ける means to accept applications, entries, or requests at a reception desk, while 受け取る is the more general act of receiving something handed to you.
受うけ止とめるN1
受け取る means simply to receive something like a letter or package, while 受け止める implies actively catching, stopping, or emotionally absorbing something with force or impact.

Word family

受うけ取とりN3
receiving; receipt
店てん頭とう受うけ取とり
in-store pickup; click and collect

Built from

受うける+取とる

Written forms

受うけ取とるUsage80%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency form in news and everyday use.
受うけとるUsage12%
search-only kanji form
受うけ取とるUsage4%
Less common variant; seen in some official or compact writing.
うけとるUsage3%
請うけ取とるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form using 請; not a standard spelling.
うけ取とるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed-kana form; not a standard spelling.

Etymology

Compound of 受け (continuative form of 受ける, 'to receive') + 取る ('to take'). The combination emphasizes the act of taking something that is given or sent.