受身

うけみ

Also written 受け身

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective, な-adjective the defensive
2. passive attitude; passivity; passiveness
3. the passive; passive voice
4. ukemi (the art of falling safely)

Kanji

• 受 receive. Read as うける.
• 身 body. Read as み.

Example sentences

• 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".
• あの人はいつも受け身に回っているから本音は何か見当がつかない。
  That person is always showing a passive attitude, so I have no clue what his true nature really is.

Common phrases

• 受け身になる
• 受身を取る

Words containing 受身

• 受身形 (うけみけい) passive form
• 受身文 (うけみぶん) passive sentence
• 迷惑の受身 (めいわくのうけみ) suffering passive

And 2 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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