引ひき受うける

ichidan verb, transitive verb

take on; undertake; accept responsibility for

Used when accepting a job, role, request, burden, or responsibility. The object is usually something one agrees to handle or be responsible for.

• 彼かの女じょは司し会かいを引ひき受うけてくれた。

  She agreed to take on the role of host.

• その仕し事ごとは私わたしが引ひき受うけます。

  I will take charge of that job.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

take over; inherit

Used when receiving a role, business, responsibility, or matter from someone else and continuing it oneself.

• 父ちちが倒たおれたので、兄あにが家か業ぎょうを引ひき受うけた。

  After my father collapsed, my older brother took over the family business.

• 前ぜん任にん者しゃからその案あん件けんを引ひき受うけた。

  I took over that matter from my predecessor.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

vouch for; guarantee

Means to stand as guarantor or take responsibility for someone's identity, reliability, or a claim. It often overlaps with the broader idea of assuming responsibility.

• 彼かれの身み元もとは私わたしが引ひき受うけます。

  I will vouch for him.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

contract a disease

Rare or old-fashioned for becoming ill or contracting a disease; in modern everyday Japanese, 病気にかかる or 感染する is normally used instead.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは「病やまいを引ひき受うける」が、病びょう気きにかかるという意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In older writing, 病を引き受ける can be used to mean contracting an illness.