JAPANESE VERB

ひきうける

引き受ける

to take on, to accept a task

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI take on
NegativeI don’t take on

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI took on
NegativeI didn’t take on

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can take on
NegativeI can’t take on

たい形 · “want to”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI want to take on
NegativeI don’t want to take on

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s take on

条件形 · “if” and “when”

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form	Polite	Plain
PassiveI am taken on
CausativeI make someone take on

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

Present and future

むずかしいしごとほど、よろこんで ひきうけます。

The harder the job, the more gladly I take it on.
Past

ともだちのけっこんしきのしかいを ひきうけた。

I agreed to be MC at my friend's wedding.
Te-form

いま、さんにんぶんのしごとを ひきうけて いる。

Right now I've taken on three people's worth of work.
Potential

もうしわけありませんが、これいじょうは ひきうけられません。

I'm sorry, but I can't take on any more.
Want to

このプロジェクトは、ぜひ ひきうけたい。

I'd very much like to take on this project.
Volitional

こんかいは、わたしが ひきうけよう。

This time, I'll take it on.
Conditional

いちど ひきうければ、さいごまでやる。

Once I take something on, I see it through.
Commands and requests

できないことまで、 ひきうけないで ください。

Please don't take on more than you can do.
Passive and causative

せんぱいに、めんどうなやくをひきうけさせられた。

My senior made me take on a troublesome role.

ひきうける is saying yes to a job or a favour: しごとをひきうける, やくをひきうける. おひきうけいたします is the formal yes; ことわる is to turn it down.

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Advanced Level 3 · つつしんで、おひきうけいたします。

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).