受かる|うかるukaru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto pass (examination)
    彼かれはかろうじて試験しけんに受うかった。↗
    He barely passed the examination.
Conjugation
Dictionary form受かる(うかる)
Polite (masu)受かります(うかります)
Negative (nai)受からない(うからない)
polite (masen)受かりません(うかりません)
classical zu / nu受からず・受からぬ(うからず・うからぬ)
Past (ta)受かった(うかった)
polite (mashita)受かりました(うかりました)
Past negative (nakatta)受からなかった(うからなかった)
polite (masen deshita)受かりませんでした(うかりませんでした)
Te form受かって(うかって)
Potential受かれる(うかれる)
Passive受かられる(うかられる)
Causative受からせる(うからせる)
Causative passive受からせられる・受からされる(うからせられる・うからされる)
Conditional (ba)受かれば(うかれば)
tara受かったら(うかったら)
Volitional受かろう(うかろう)
polite (mashou)受かりましょう(うかりましょう)
Imperative受かれ(うかれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive受かるうかる⇄transitive受けるうける
試験しけんに受うかる
受かる (intransitive) emphasizes the result of passing, while 受ける (transitive) emphasizes the act of taking or sitting for an exam.

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Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymパスCasualLoanword used colloquially for passing exams or inspections; also covers passes, tickets and passing a ball. 「受かる」 is the verb for passing an exam or selection.
  • Synonym合格ごうかくNeutralA Sino-Japanese noun for passing exams or inspections, somewhat formal; 「受かる」 is the colloquial verb, used mostly for exams and selection.
  • Synonym及第きゅうだいWrittenWritten style. Once meant passing the old imperial examinations; now means passing an exam, as in 「及第点」. In everyday speech use 「受かる」 or 「合格」.
  • Related通るとおるNeutralCovers passing an exam or review, as in 「試験に通る」「案が通る」, and is used far more widely; 「受かる」 is the word for getting through an exam or selection.
  • Antonym落ちるおちるNeutralThe direct opposite of 「受かる」: failing an exam. Common in colloquial speech.
  • Antonym不合格ふごうかくNeutralMeans failing an exam or inspection, the counterpart of 「受かる」; leans formal.

For passing, colloquial speech uses 「受かる」 or 「通る」, while formal contexts prefer 「合格」. For failing, colloquial 「落ちる」 contrasts with the more formal 「不合格」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 試験しけんなどに合格ごうかくする。
  2. 相手あいての攻撃こうげきを受うけてしのぐことができる。守まもりきれる。
Kanji in this word

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