Vocabulary

What does 受け付ける (うけつける, uketsukeru) mean?

受け付ける (うけつける, uketsukeru) means to accept, receive (applications); to tolerate.

Quick facts
Reading	うけつける
Romaji	uketsukeru
Part of speech	ichidan verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)	N1

受け付けるうけつける

N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonuketsukeru

to accept, receive (applications); to tolerate

1ichidan verb · transitive to accept; to receive (an application); to take up
2ichidan verb · transitive to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to tolerate
3ichidan verb · transitive to be affected by; to take damage from

Example sentences

窓口(まどぐち)で申込書(もうしこみしょ)を受(う)け付(つ)けている。
Application forms are being accepted at the counter.
体(からだ)がもう薬(くすり)を受(う)け付(つ)けない状態(じょうたい)だ。
My body is in a state where it no longer tolerates the medicine.