いただく・頂く・戴くitadaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy
2. godan verb, transitive verbto eat; to drink
   「もっとコーヒーはいかがですか」「もう結構けっこうです。十分じゅうぶん頂いただきました」↗

   "Will you have some more coffee?" "No, thanks. I've had enough."
3. godan verb, transitive verbto be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top)orig. meaning
4. godan verb, transitive verbto have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)
5. auxiliary verb, godan verbto get someone to do somethingfollows a verb in "-te" form
   アトランタ訪問ほうもんの際さいには、お時間じかんをさいていただき、ありがとうございました。↗

   Thank you for the time you spent with me during my visit to Atlanta.

• SynonymもらうNeutralThe plain word for receiving or getting something, with no honorific overtones; 「いただく」 is its humble form, showing the speaker's deference.
• SynonymちょうだいFormalA humble expression more formal than 「いただく」; as the request 「ちょうだい」 it is colloquial, an intimate way of asking for something.
• Synonym受け取るうけとるNeutralMeans taking what someone hands over, focusing on the act of accepting, with no honorific sense; it can also mean interpreting someone's words or actions.
• Synonym召し上がるめしあがるFormalAn honorific that elevates the person eating or drinking, used for someone else's eating or drinking; 「いただく」 is the humble form for one's own.
• Synonym食らうくらうCasualA rough colloquial word for eating or drinking, also for taking a hit, as in 「パンチを食らう」; it is the opposite of the deferential 「いただく」.
• Synonym貰い受けるもらいうけるWrittenA written word for solemnly receiving, often for adoption or taking something over, as in 「子犬をもらい受ける」; it carries no humble deference.
• SynonymあずかるWrittenA formal, humble-toned word for being favored with something, as in 「お褒めに与る」; it also means to take part in something, and its use is narrow.
• Related食うくうCasualA crude, mostly male word for eating, also meaning to make a living; 「いただく」 is deferential eating and drinking, so the two are opposite in register.
• Related飲むのむNeutralThe plain word for drinking, with no honorific sense; 「いただく」 is the humble way of saying one drinks (or eats).
• Related食べるたべるNeutralThe plain word for eating, with no honorific sense; 「いただく」 is used to speak humbly about one's own eating.
• Related食するしょくするWrittenA written-style word for eating, mostly in explanatory prose, as in 「食するに適す」; it carries no humble deference.
• RelatedはむWrittenAn archaic word for cattle or horses grazing, or for drawing a stipend, as in 「禄を食む」; not used in everyday speech about people eating.
• AntonymくださるFormalAn honorific for someone giving to us, elevating the giver; it points the opposite way from 「いただく」, which is our receiving.
• Antonym与えるあたえるNeutralPoints the opposite way from 「いただく」: giving to others, with no honorific sense, mostly to inferiors or for abstract things.
• Antonym賜るたまわるFormalWhen it means being granted something it runs the same way as 「いただく」 but more solemn; when a superior bestows something it points the opposite way.

Use 「いただく」 to say humbly that you receive something or eat and drink. The plain equivalents are 「もらう」, 「食べる」 and 「飲む」; 「頂戴」 is more formal, 「召し上がる」 is for someone else's eating or drinking, and 「くださる」 is for the other party giving to you.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 上部じょうぶに乗のせる。
2. 頭部とうぶ以上いじょうに捧げ持ささげもつ。
3. 大切たいせつに扱あつかう。ありがたく感かんじる。
4. ある人ひとを長ちょうとして仕つかえる。
5. 食くう、飲のむの謙譲語けんじょうご。
6. 貰もらう、受うけるの謙譲語けんじょうご。
7. 取とる。手てに入いれる。拝借はいしゃくする。
8. （「していただく」「おやりいただく」などの形かたちで）自分じぶんに対たいする相手あいての行為こういに敬意けいいを払はらう表現ひょうげん。「してもらう」の謙譲語けんじょうご。
9. （「させていただく」の形かたちで）自分じぶんがすることに謙譲けんじょうの意味いみを加くわえる表現ひょうげん。