うけとめる

うけとめる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
受け止める 受止める (dated)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うけとめ​る [ùkétóméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
• (Tokyo) うけとめる [ùkétómérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝke̞to̞me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

うけとめる • (uketomeru) ^{←うけとめる (uketomeru)?} transitive ichidan (stem うけとめ (uketome), past うけとめた (uketometa))

1. "to catch and stop"
   1. to catch

      球(たま)を受(う)け止(と)める ― tama o uketomeru ― (baseball) to field a ball

   2. to take an attack
   3. to receive and accept affairs

      愛(あい)を受(う)け止(と)める ― ai o uketomeru ― to receive someone's love

      問題(もんだい)を受(う)け止(と)める ― mondai o uketomeru ― to tackle a problem

      事実(じじつ)を受(う)け止(と)める ― jijitsu o uketomeru ― to face reality

      結果(けっか)を受(う)け止(と)める ― kekka o uketomeru ― to accept the results

Conjugation

Conjugation of "うけとめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	うけとめ	uketome
Continuative (連用形)	うけとめ	uketome
Terminal (終止形)	うけとめる	uketomeru
Attributive (連体形)	うけとめる	uketomeru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	うけとめれ	uketomere
Imperative (命令形)	うけとめよ¹ うけとめろ²	uketomeyo¹ uketomero²
Key constructions
Passive	うけとめられる	uketomerareru
Causative	うけとめさせる うけとめさす	uketomesaseru uketomesasu
Potential	うけとめられる うけとめれる³	uketomerareru uketomereru³
Volitional	うけとめよう	uketomeyō
Negative	うけとめない うけとめぬ うけとめん	uketomenai uketomenu uketomen
Negative continuative	うけとめず	uketomezu
Formal	うけとめます	uketomemasu
Perfective	うけとめた	uketometa
Conjunctive	うけとめて	uketomete
Hypothetical conditional	うけとめれば	uketomereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN