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JAPANESE VERB

うけつける

受け付ける

to accept, to take in an application

  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI accept
NegativeI don’t accept

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI accepted
NegativeI didn’t accept

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formaccepting, and…
Doing now (て います)I am accepting
Please (て ください)please accept

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can accept
NegativeI can’t accept

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to accept
NegativeI don’t want to accept

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s accept

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I accept
  2. If, when (たら) if I accept

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) accept (do it)
  2. Plain command accept!
  3. Please don’t please don’t accept

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am accepted
CausativeI make someone accept

How to use うけつける

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

  1. Present and future

    もうしこみ は、 でんわ で も うけつけます。

    We also take applications by phone.

  2. Past

    きょう、 よやく を さんじゅっけん うけつけた。

    Today I took thirty reservations.

  3. Te-form

    ただいま、 さんかしゃ を うけつけて います。

    We're now taking participants.

  4. Potential

    しめきり を すぎた ので、 うけつけられません。

    The deadline has passed, so we can't accept it.

  5. Want to

    できる だけ おおく の もうしこみ を うけつけたい。

    We'd like to take in as many applications as possible.

  6. Volitional

    よやく は、 せんちゃく じゅん で うけつけよう。

    Let's take reservations first come, first served.

  7. Conditional

    ネット で うけつければ、 まどぐち が すきます。

    If we take them online, the counter gets less crowded.

  8. Commands and requests

    ふび の ある しょるい は、 うけつけないで ください。

    Please don't accept incomplete documents.

  9. Passive and causative

    ビザ の しんせい は、 ぶじ に うけつけられた。

    My visa application was duly accepted.

Good to know

  • うけつける is taking in a request or an application at a counter: よやく を うけつける. うけつけ is the reception desk, and うけつけ ちゅう, "now accepting", is on posters.
  • From the customer's side, the verb is もうしこむ, to apply.

Where you hear うけつける

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

Japanese · Advanced Level 3

  • こちら の まどぐち で、 しょるい を うけつけます。 We take in documents at this counter.
  • きのう、 とどけ を うけつけました。 Yesterday I accepted the notice.
  • あした から、 しんせい を うけつけます。 From tomorrow we accept applications.

Verbs like this one

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