受容|じゅようjuyou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbreception
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 受容する（じゅようする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 受容します（じゅようします） |
| Negative (nai) | 受容しない（じゅようしない） |
| polite (masen) | 受容しません（じゅようしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 受容せず・受容せぬ（じゅようせず・じゅようせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 受容した（じゅようした） |
| polite (mashita) | 受容しました（じゅようしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 受容しなかった（じゅようしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 受容しませんでした（じゅようしませんでした） |
| Te form | 受容して（じゅようして） |
| Potential | 受容できる（じゅようできる） |
| Passive | 受容される（じゅようされる） |
| Causative | 受容させる（じゅようさせる） |
| Causative passive | 受容させられる（じゅようさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 受容すれば（じゅようすれば） |
| tara | 受容したら（じゅようしたら） |
| Volitional | 受容しよう（じゅようしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 受容しましょう（じゅようしましょう） |
| Imperative | 受容しろ（じゅようしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym受け入れるうけいれるNeutralEveryday verb for accepting people, things, or opinions; the most common choice in speech. 「受容」 is more written and academic, stressing psychological acceptance.
- Synonym受け入れうけいれNeutralNoun form, typically for receiving people or goods, as in 「留学生の受け入れ」. 「受容」 is used for acceptance at the cultural or psychological level.
- Synonym受け付けるうけつけるNeutralUsed for handling applications or sign-ups at a counter, and for the body tolerating food or medicine. 「受容」 is not used for paperwork or procedures.
- Synonym受諾じゅだくWrittenWritten term for formally accepting a proposal or request, as in 「ポツダム宣言受諾」. 「受容」 is not used for agreeing to a specific proposal.
- Synonym応ずるおうずるWrittenWritten-language counterpart of 「応じる」: answering or complying with a demand. Unlike 「受容」, it does not convey embracing acceptance.
- Synonym認容にんようWrittenLegal written term for approving or allowing something, such as a court granting a request. 「受容」 is about psychological or cultural acceptance.
- Synonym聞き入れるききいれるNeutralGrants or heeds a request or opinion, as in 「願いを聞き入れる」. 「受容」 is not limited to requests.
- Synonym納受のうじゅWrittenArchaic written word for receiving what is offered, often a deity accepting offerings. Modern speakers say 「受け取る」 or 「受け入れる」.
- Synonym諾ううべなうWrittenArchaic, rare verb for assenting to a proposal. In everyday speech use 「承諾する」 or 「受け入れる」.
- Related迎え入れるむかえいれるNeutralMeans welcoming a person in or taking them in as a member; its object is people. 「受容」 typically takes ideas, culture, or reality as its object.
- Related応じるおうじるNeutralAnswers or complies with a request or invitation, as in 「要求に応じる」. 「受容」 refers to the act of accepting itself.
- Related承服しょうふくWrittenAccepting another's demand and submitting to it, often in the negative as 「承服できない」. 「受容」 carries no nuance of obedience.
- Related認めるみとめるNeutralBroad verb for recognizing a fact or granting permission. 「受容」 focuses on taking outside things or reality into one's mind.
- Related承認しょうにんWrittenOfficial approval or ratification in formal procedures, as in 「国会の承認」. 「受容」 is not an act of approval.
- Antonym拒否きょひNeutralAntonym: refusing a demand or vetoing a proposal, the opposite of 「受容」. Common in both everyday and formal contexts.
- Antonym拒絶きょぜつWrittenAntonym: outright refusal, stronger than 「拒否」; also used for the body's rejection of transplanted tissue. Opposite of 「受容」.
- Antonym排除はいじょNeutralAntonym: removing what is unwanted or never admitting it in the first place, the opposite of 「受容」's inclusive acceptance.
Use 「受容」 for psychological or academic acceptance, as in 「死の受容」 and 「異文化受容」. For everyday acceptance say 「受け入れる」; for formally agreeing to a proposal, 「受諾」; for official approval, 「承認」. The opposites are 「拒否」, 「拒絶」 and 「排除」.
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