JLPT N3 Intermediate
受け止める
To physically catch an object or to mentally accept and come to grips with a situation.
Readings
Other forms
受け止めます polite form
受け止めて te-form
受け止めた past form
受け止めない negative form
1 Verb (Ichidan, Transitive)
To Catch" / "To Stop
Describes the physical act of stopping a moving object or force with one’s body or hands to halt its momentum.
Example
お父さん は 木 から 飛び降りた 娘 を 両手 で 受け止めた 。
The father caught his daughter with both hands when she jumped down from the tree.
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2 Verb (Ichidan, Transitive)
To Accept" / "To Come to Grips With
Refers to the psychological act of facing a difficult truth, emotion, or situation head-on without evasion.
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