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引ひき受うける (hikiukeru)

to undertake,to take up,to take over

  • JLPT N2
  • Ichidan verb
  • Pitch 4

Meaning

引受る (ひきうける, hikiukeru) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “to undertake,to take up,to take over”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

新あたらしい仕事しごとを引ひき受うけたよ。

I took on a new job.

私わたしがそれを引き受ひきうけます。

I'll see to it.

お引き受ひきうけいたしましょう。

Certainly. I'd be glad to.

私わたしはそれを嫌々いやいや引き受ひきうけた。

I unwillingly undertook it.

Conjugation table

引受る (ひきうける) is an ichidan verb (ru-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionaryひきうけるhikiukeru
Negativeひきうけないhikiukenai
Pastひきうけたhikiuketa
Past negativeひきうけなかったhikiukenakatta
Polite (ます)ひきうけますhikiukemasu
Polite negativeひきうけませんhikiukemasen
Polite pastひきうけましたhikiukemashita
Polite past negativeひきうけませんでしたhikiukemasendeshita
Te-formひきうけてhikiukete
Conditional (ば)ひきうければhikiukereba
Conditional (たら)ひきうけたらhikiuketara
Potentialひきうけられるhikiukerareru
Passiveひきうけられるhikiukerareru
Causativeひきうけさせるhikiukesaseru
Causative-passiveひきうけさせられるhikiukesaserareru
Volitionalひきうけようhikiukeyou
Volitional politeひきうけましょうhikiukemashou
Imperativeひきうけろhikiukero
Desire (たい)ひきうけたいhikiuketai

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