受け取る・受取る|うけとるuketoru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Which spelling to use
受け取るUse 受け取る as the default written form; it is the most common and most standard choice for learners.
受取る受取る is a less common kanji-and-kana variant of 受け取る. Learners should normally choose 受け取る instead.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto receive; to get; to accept
    この贈り物おくりものは受け取うけとれません。↗
    I cannot accept this gift.
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
    彼女かのじょは私の言葉ことばを侮辱ぶじょくと受け取うけとったようだ。↗
    She seems to have taken my remark as an insult.
Conjugation
Dictionary form受け取る(うけとる)
Polite (masu)受け取ります(うけとります)
Negative (nai)受け取らない(うけとらない)
polite (masen)受け取りません(うけとりません)
classical zu / nu受け取らず・受け取らぬ(うけとらず・うけとらぬ)
Past (ta)受け取った(うけとった)
polite (mashita)受け取りました(うけとりました)
Past negative (nakatta)受け取らなかった(うけとらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)受け取りませんでした(うけとりませんでした)
Te form受け取って(うけとって)
Potential受け取れる(うけとれる)
Passive受け取られる(うけとられる)
Causative受け取らせる(うけとらせる)
Causative passive受け取らせられる・受け取らされる(うけとらせられる・うけとらされる)
Conditional (ba)受け取れば(うけとれば)
tara受け取ったら(うけとったら)
Volitional受け取ろう(うけとろう)
polite (mashou)受け取りましょう(うけとりましょう)
Imperative受け取れ(うけとれ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymもらうCasualColloquial word for getting things from other people, as in 「プレゼントを貰う」; 「受け取る」 stresses taking something handed to you.
  • SynonymちょうだいFormalHumble language for receiving something, as in 「お手紙を頂戴しました」; also used when asking someone to give you something.
  • SynonymうけるNeutralCovers accepting or being subjected to things, as in 「試験を受ける」 and 「ボールを受ける」; 「受け取る」 stresses taking something handed to you.
  • SynonymいただくFormalHumble language for receiving, eating or drinking, as in 「お土産を頂く」; more polite than 「受け取る」.
  • Synonym受け入れるうけいれるNeutralAbout taking in people, goods or opinions, as in 「難民を受け入れる」; it stresses agreeing to accept, while 「受け取る」 is taking what is handed to you.
  • Related貰い受けるもらいうけるNeutralGetting something after asking for it, as in 「子猫を貰い受ける」 (adopting a kitten); a somewhat formal, weighty word.
  • Antonym渡すわたすNeutralThe opposite action: handing something over or passing it to someone, where 「受け取る」 is the receiving side.
  • Antonym授けるさずけるWrittenWritten word for a superior granting something, as in 「賞を授ける」; the giving side of 「受け取る」.

Use 「受け取る」 for receiving something handed to you or understanding what someone says. For gifts, 「貰う」 is the everyday word and 「頂く」 the polite one; for exams or being affected, use 「受ける」. 「渡す」 is the opposite, handing something over.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 渡わたされたり送おくられたりした物ものを、自分じぶんの手元てもとに収おさめる。
  2. 人ひとの言動げんどうをある意味いみに解釈かいしゃくする。
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