受け入れる・受け容れる|うけいれるukeireru[0]heiban (flat)

1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto accept; to receive; to agree
   このホテルは犬いぬは受け入うけいれない。↗

   This hotel does not take dogs.

• Synonym受け取るうけとるNeutralFor receiving or collecting things, as in 「荷物を受け取る」; it stresses taking into your hands, while 「受け入れる」 is about accepting people or opinions.
• Synonym受諾じゅだくWrittenWritten. Accepting a proposal or terms, as in 「申し出を受諾する」; it stresses formally saying yes.
• Synonym承認しょうにんWrittenWritten. Recognizing something as right or granting permission, as in 「承認を得る」 and 「国家承認」; stresses formal recognition or approval.
• Synonym応じるおうじるNeutralTo respond or comply, as in 「要求に応じる」; it stresses answering a demand rather than accepting it outright.
• Synonym同意どういNeutralTo agree, as in 「提案に同意する」; it stresses being of the same opinion.
• Synonym応ずるおうずるWrittenWritten. The literary form of 「応じる」, with the same meaning.
• Synonym認容にんようWrittenWritten. To acknowledge and allow; mainly a legal term.
• Synonym応諾おうだくWrittenWritten. Consenting to a request; actual examples are few — 「承諾」 is the usual word.
• Synonym甘んじるあまんじるWrittenWritten. To be content with or resigned to something, as in 「現状に甘んじる」; carries a note of reluctance.
• Synonym容認ようにんWrittenWritten. To tolerate or allow, as in 「容認できない」; it stresses grudging permission.
• Synonym取り込むとりこむNeutralTo bring something in, as in 「洗濯物を取り込む」; also used for importing data or winning people over. About taking in, not approving.
• Synonym取り入れるとりいれるNeutralTo adopt or incorporate, as in 「意見を取り入れる」; it stresses taking in and making use of.
• Synonym受け付けるうけつけるNeutralTo receive applications, as in 「申し込みを受け付ける」; it stresses counter or office processing.
• Synonym受容じゅようWrittenWritten. Acceptance, as in 「文化の受容」 and 「死の受容」; common in psychology, medicine and related fields.
• Synonym収容しゅうようWrittenWritten. To house or accommodate people, as in 「避難者を収容する」; it stresses placing them in a facility.
• Synonym入れるいれるNeutralA very broad verb: to put in, let in or adopt, as in 「意見を入れる」; covers many senses beyond accepting.
• Synonym諾ううべなうWrittenWritten and archaic. To assent or give approval; rarely used in modern Japanese.
• Synonym聞き入れるききいれるNeutralTo grant a request, as in 「願いを聞き入れる」; it stresses listening and then acting on what is asked.
• Synonym接受せつじゅWrittenWritten. Receiving or taking in; rarely used in modern Japanese.
• Synonym聞き届けるききとどけるWrittenWritten. To grant a request; it stresses saying yes to what is asked.
• Synonym聴許ちょうきょFormalFormal. Granting permission to act; rarely used in modern Japanese.
• Related迎え入れるむかえいれるNeutralTo welcome someone in or take in new members, as in 「新入社員を迎え入れる」.
• Related認めるみとめるNeutralTo acknowledge or approve, as in 「事実を認める」 and 「非を認める」; it stresses admitting something is true or valid.
• Related引き取るひきとるNeutralTo take back or take into one's care, as in 「子供を引き取る」; it stresses taking over responsibility for them.
• Related承服しょうふくWrittenWritten. To accept wholeheartedly or submit, as in 「承服しかねる」; mostly used in the negative.
• Related貰い受けるもらいうけるNeutralTo be given something by someone, as in 「子犬をもらい受ける」; about receiving things, with no sense of approving an idea.
• Related丸呑みまるのみCasualColloquial. To accept something wholesale, as in 「要求を丸呑みする」; it stresses taking it in without discrimination.
• Antonym拒むこばむNeutralAntonym. To refuse or reject — the opposite of accepting with 「受け入れる」.
• Antonym排斥するWrittenWritten antonym. To reject or shut out — the opposite of acceptance.

Use 「受け入れる」 for accepting people, opinions or requests, as in 「難民を受け入れる」 and 「提案を受け入れる」. For receiving things, say 「受け取る」; for processing applications, 「受け付ける」; for granting requests, 「聞き入れる」; for formally agreeing, 「受諾」. 「承認」 is formal approval, 「同意」 sharing an opinion, 「容認」 grudging tolerance, 「甘んじる」 resigned acceptance, 「取り入れる」 adopting ideas, 「丸呑み」 uncritical swallowing. The opposite is 「拒む」.

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1. 人ひとや物もの、申し出もうしでや意見いけんなどを、こばまずに引き取ひきとったり承知しょうちしたりする。