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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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