Meaning
受身 (うけみ, ukemi) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “passive, passive voice”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 9
彼はいつも受け身の姿勢で、自分からは何もしないんだ。
He always takes a passive attitude and never initiates anything himself.
受け身でいてはだめだ《積極的になりたまえ》.
There's no percentage in being passive.
あなたはどちらかというと受け身な性格ですよね。
If anything, you have a passive personality.
受け身にならないで,もっと積極的に行動しなさい.
Don't be passive; take a more positive attitude.
どうしてそんなに受け身的なのか。仕返ししてはどうだ。
How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?
公式問題集には"受け身の現在進行形"と説明されています。
In the official question collection it is explained as being "passive voice of the present continuous tense".
テレビは精神を受け身の状態にして置くという点で有害である。
TV is harmful in that it keeps your mind in a passive state.
サーバはクライアントからの更新の要求を受け身の状態で待ちます。
The server waits passively for update requests from its clients.
これにより、男系の後継者がいない有栖川宮家は皇室典範の定めによって断絶が確定したが、威仁親王の教育を受け、身分を越えて親王を慕っていた大正天皇は有栖川宮家の維新以降の功績を特に慮り、第三皇子の宣仁親王にその祭祀を継承させた。
After his death, following the Imperial Family Law, it was decided for the Arisugawa no Miya family to be discontinued as there was no male successor in the family, Emperor Taisho who was taught by Imperial Prince Takehito and was fond of him although there was a difference in social standing, the Emperor considered the achievements of the Arisugawa no Miya family especially after the restoration, he let the third Prince, Imperial Prince Nobuhito succeed to the ritual of the family.