Word
受け入れる
Meaning in Englishto accept, to receive
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Word context
What it means
What does 受け入れる mean? It means to accept or take in something or someone by acknowledging it and incorporating it into a system, group, or mindset. The core idea is not just passive reception but active integration, allowing the thing to become part of a larger structure, whether a proposal, policy, relationship, or idea.
Main meanings
- Accepting a proposal or offer and integrating it into plans.
- Admitting someone into a place or organization, or allowing entry.
- Embracing or adopting ideas, standards, or practices and making them part of how one acts.
- Physically receiving or absorbing information or materials and processing them.
- Tolerating or enduring a change or circumstance as part of adaptation.
How to use it
Used in both formal and informal contexts to express acceptance, inclusion, or integration; in business and policy discourse it describes adopting proposals, procedures, or terms, while in everyday speech it covers accepting feedback, invitations, or changes.
Variants and close terms
- 認める (mitomeru) — to accept/recognize
- 取り入れる (toriireru) — to incorporate or adopt
- 採用する (saiyō suru) — to employ or adopt as a method
- 容認する (yōnin suru) — to approve or tolerate
- 受理する (juri suru) — to accept formally (an application)
Composition
- 受ける: to receive or obtain
- 入れる: to put in or insert
- Overall: the combination conveys receiving something and bringing it inside, i.e., accepting or adopting.
Word class
Verb (ichidan)
Related words by kanji and components
N1
受け入れ
ukeire
receiving, acceptance
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購入
kounyuu
purchase, buy
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仕入れる
shiireru
to lay in stock, to replenish stock, to procure
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投入
tounyuu
throw, investment, making (an electrical circuit)
N1
導入
dounyuu
introduction, bringing in, leading in
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入手
nyuushu
obtaining, coming to hand
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入賞
nyuushou
winning a prize or place (in a contest
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入浴
nyuuyoku
bathe, bathing
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納入
nounyuu
payment, supply