受付・受け付け|うけつけuketsuke[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N4approx.Common
Which spelling to use
受付受付 is the most common spelling and the recommended choice for beginners; it uses kanji only.
受け付け受け付け is a less common mixed kanji-and-kana spelling; beginners should normally choose 受付 instead.
Definitions
  1. nounreception (desk); information desk; receptionist; information clerkesp. 受付
    きれいな花はなが受付うけつけのデスクに飾かざってありました。↗
    There were beautiful flowers on the reception desk.
  2. 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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 申込もうしこみや提出ていしゅつすべき書類しょるいなどを受理じゅりし預あずかること。
  2. 訪問者ほうもんしゃなどの氏名しめい・用件ようけん・質問しつもんなどを聞きき、それに応おうじて対応たいおう・取扱とりあつかい・取次とりつぎなどをする場所ばしょ・人ひと・係かかり。
  3. 他人たにんの意見いけんや頼たのみなどを聞きいて応おうじること。また、それに応おうじて行動こうどうすること。
Kanji in this word
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