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受け取る

uketoru

Description

「受け取る」は、人からもらった物や送られてきた物を自分の手に受けることです。

"受け取る" means to take into your own hands things received or sent from others.

手紙やお金だけでなく、言葉や気持ちをある意味で理解するときにも使います。

It is also used when you understand words or feelings in a certain sense, not just letters or money.

Meanings

受け取るuketoru

to receive, to accept, to get

荷物を郵便局で受け取りました。

I picked up the package at the post office.

受け取るuketoru

to interpret, to take a meaning a certain way

彼はその言葉を悪い意味に受け取った。

He took the words in a bad way.

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Notes

  • Word formation

    受け (from 受ける, to receive) + 取る (to take), literally "receive and take".

  • Nuance

    More concrete than もらう; stresses the physical act of accepting something handed or sent.

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