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受け戻す (うけもどす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

受うけ戻もどす

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け

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Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

redeem; ransom; take out of pawn

Used for reclaiming an item by paying off a loan or fulfilling a condition, such as redeeming a pawned article or a mortgage.

質しちに入いれた時計とけいを受うけ戻もどす。
I redeem the watch I pawned.
期き限げんまでに借しゃっ金きんを払はらって土

と

地ち

を

受う

け

戻もど

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た

。

I paid off the debt by the deadline and redeemed the land.

Written forms

受うけ戻もどすUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling using 受ける and 戻す.
請うけ戻もどす
Alternate spelling using 請ける, which can emphasize a contractual or formal reclaiming.
受うけ戻もどす
Abbreviated kanji form; less common.
請うけ戻もどす
Abbreviated kanji form; less common.

Kanji

受accept, undergo, answer (phone)
戻re-, return, revert
請solicit, invite, ask

Similar words

買かい戻もどす
買い戻す means to buy back something you previously sold, while 受け戻す focuses on reclaiming by fulfilling an obligation (e.g., paying a debt).
取とり戻もどす
取り戻す is a general term for getting something back (physically or abstractly), whereas 受け戻す is specifically about redeeming from a pledge or mortgage.

Etymology

Compound of 受け (from 受ける, 'to receive') and 戻す ('to return'). The kanji 請け (from 請ける, 'to undertake' or 'to contract') is also used, reflecting the formal or contractual nature of redemption.