受付・受け付け|うけつけuketsuke[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounreception (desk); information desk; receptionist; information clerkesp. 受付
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbreceipt; acceptanceesp. 受け付け
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 受付する(うけつけする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 受付します(うけつけします) |
| Negative (nai) | 受付しない(うけつけしない) |
| polite (masen) | 受付しません(うけつけしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 受付せず・受付せぬ(うけつけせず・うけつけせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 受付した(うけつけした) |
| polite (mashita) | 受付しました(うけつけしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 受付しなかった(うけつけしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 受付しませんでした(うけつけしませんでした) |
| Te form | 受付して(うけつけして) |
| Potential | 受付できる(うけつけできる) |
| Passive | 受付される(うけつけされる) |
| Causative | 受付させる(うけつけさせる) |
| Causative passive | 受付させられる(うけつけさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 受付すれば(うけつけすれば) |
| tara | 受付したら(うけつけしたら) |
| Volitional | 受付しよう(うけつけしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 受付しましょう(うけつけしましょう) |
| Imperative | 受付しろ(うけつけしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym窓口まどぐちNeutralA service counter for handling business rather than a reception desk; also figuratively a point of contact, as in 「相談窓口」. Neutral in register.
- Related応接係おうせつかかりFormalFormal term for staff who greet and attend to visitors; refers to the person, not the desk or place.
- Related接待係せったいがかりFormalFormal term for staff who welcome and look after guests; close in sense to 「応接係」.
- Antonym拒否きょひWrittenWritten/formal prose term for refusing and not accepting a request — the opposite of the acceptance sense of 「受付」.
- Antonym却下きゃっかWrittenWritten/formal prose term for dismissing an application or lawsuit as improper; a filing can be 「受付」 first and 「却下」 later, so it only loosely opposes acceptance.
「受付」 is the default for a reception desk or for accepting documents. Use 「窓口」 for a service counter, 「応接係」 or 「接待係」 for reception staff, 「拒否」 for refusal, and 「却下」 for dismissal of an application.
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