受領|じゅりょうjuryou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbreceipt (of a letter, money, etc.); acceptance; receiving
Conjugation
Dictionary form受領する(じゅりょうする)
Polite (masu)受領します(じゅりょうします)
Negative (nai)受領しない(じゅりょうしない)
polite (masen)受領しません(じゅりょうしません)
classical zu / nu受領せず・受領せぬ(じゅりょうせず・じゅりょうせぬ)
Past (ta)受領した(じゅりょうした)
polite (mashita)受領しました(じゅりょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)受領しなかった(じゅりょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)受領しませんでした(じゅりょうしませんでした)
Te form受領して(じゅりょうして)
Potential受領できる(じゅりょうできる)
Passive受領される(じゅりょうされる)
Causative受領させる(じゅりょうさせる)
Causative passive受領させられる(じゅりょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)受領すれば(じゅりょうすれば)
tara受領したら(じゅりょうしたら)
Volitional受領しよう(じゅりょうしよう)
polite (mashou)受領しましょう(じゅりょうしましょう)
Imperative受領しろ(じゅりょうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym受け取りうけとりNeutralEveryday word for receiving something, also a written receipt; 「受領」 is the formal written term, used mainly in official documents and for money.
  • Synonym受け入れうけいれNeutralAccepting or taking in people or supplies, as in 「難民の受け入れ」; 「受領」 is the formal receipt of goods and money.
  • Synonym領収りょうしゅうWrittenWritten word limited to receiving money, as in 「領収書」; 「受領」 formally covers letters, goods and money alike.
  • Synonym収受しゅうじゅWrittenWritten word for receiving, used especially for taking money or goods improperly; 「受領」 is the general formal term for receipt.
  • Synonym納受のうじゅWrittenOld-fashioned written word for accepting something presented; rarely used today — say 「受領」 or 「受け取り」 for receiving goods or money.
  • Related受容じゅようWrittenWritten word for accepting on a psychological or cultural level, as in 「外来文化の受容」 or 「死の受容」; 「受領」 is receipt of physical goods or money.
  • Antonym交付こうふWrittenWritten word for an office issuing documents or handing over money and goods through set procedures — the giving side of 「受領」.
  • Antonym拒否きょひNeutralRefusal or rejection; the opposite of accepting, as in 「受け取りを拒否する」.

Use 「受領」 for formal receipt of letters, goods or money, as in 「受領書」「受領印」. For everyday receiving say 「受け取り」, for money 「領収」, for taking in people or supplies 「受け入れ」; the opposites are 「交付」 (issuing) and 「拒否」 (refusing).

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Japanese definitions
  1. (じゅりょう) 正式せいしきに受うけとること。
  2. 弁済べんさいなど債務さいむの本旨ほんしに従したがった履行りこうの提供ていきょうを、債権者さいけんしゃ又または債務さいむの対象たいしょうから見みた言葉ことば。
  3. 茨城県稲いばらきけんいな敷しき郡ぐん美浦村みほむらの地名ちめい。
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