請うけ負おい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to a contractual agreement to perform work or services, often used in business, construction, and legal contexts.

その建けん設せつ会がい社しゃは新あたらしい橋はしの請うけ負おいを獲かく得とくした。
The construction company won the contract for the new bridge.
請負契約うけおいけいやくの内ない容ようをよく確かく認にんしてください。
Please carefully check the terms of the contract agreement.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉〉を請負うけおいに出だすto put (a job) out to contract
会かい社しゃはビルの建けん設せつを請うけ負おいに出だした。
The company put the building's construction out to contract.
請負契約うけおいけいやくを結むすぶto conclude a work contract
二に社しゃは請負契約うけおいけいやくを結むすんだ。
The two companies concluded a work contract.
請負うけおいで〈動詞どうし〉〉to do something on a contract basis
この工こう事じは請うけ負おいで行おこなわれる。
This construction work is being carried out on a contract basis.

Kanji

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

Related words

契けい約やくN3
契約 is the general word for any contract or agreement, while 請負 specifically denotes a contract to perform work or services.
委い託たくN1
委託 emphasizes entrusting a task to someone else, whereas 請負 focuses on the contractor's obligation to complete the work.
引ひき受うけ
請負 refers specifically to contracted work undertaken for payment, while 引き受け can apply to any accepted responsibility, paid or not.

Don't confuse with

請せい求きゅうN3
請負 (a contract to do work) and 請求 (a claim or demand for payment) share the kanji 請 but mean quite different things.
下した請うけ
請負 means taking on a contract to perform work in general, whereas 下請け specifically refers to work subcontracted down from a primary contractor.

Word family· 10

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偽ぎ装そう請うけ負おい
disguised contracting; fake subcontract
請うけ負おい仕し事ごと
contract work
請うけ負おい制せい度ど
contract system
請うけ負おい工こう事じ
contract work; contracted construction
請うけ負おい業ぎょう者しゃ
independent contractor

Written forms

請うけ負おいUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and business contexts.
請うけ負おいUsage2%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana variant; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

The noun form of 請け負う, composed of 請ける “to accept or undertake” and 負う “to bear responsibility.” It denotes accepting responsibility for completing contracted work.