JapanLingo

受け取るうけとる

uketoru

to receive

N3

How to remember this word

Tie 受け取る to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “receive” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.

Example sentences

Example 1

gozenchuu ni nimotsu o uketorimashita.

I received the package in the morning.

Example 2

rusu datta node, nimotsu o uketoru koto ga dekimasen deshita.

I was not home, so I could not receive the package.