"うけ" meaning in Japanese

See うけ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɯ̟ke̞] Forms: うけ [canonical], ウケ [canonical], uke [romanization]
Etymology: 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 受(う)ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|受ける|うける|to receive, to get|pos=}} 受(う)ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”), {{ja-ryk|受ける|うける|to receive, to get}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 受(う)ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”). Head templates: {{ja-noun|ウケ}} うけ or ウケ • (uke)
  1. 受け, 請け, ウケ: reception, reaction, appreciation
    Sense id: en-うけ-ja-noun-~Ol8ULq5
  2. 受け: (fandom slang) bottom (originally referring to male gay ships); uke
    Sense id: en-うけ-ja-noun-r9-tcQt9
  3. 受け: (typography, of a punctuation mark) the state of being a mark with an 空き (aki) after it, such as the closing parenthesis ), the closing quotation mark 」, the ideographic comma 、 or the ideographic full stop 。
    Sense id: en-うけ-ja-noun-fpyu3VoI Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Typography, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 17 55 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 21 13 55 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 12 62 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 17 14 58 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 7 80 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 7 83 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 総受け (sōuke) (ruby: (そう), ()), 起こし (okoshi) (ruby: ())
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-うけ-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Verb

IPA: [ɯ̟ke̞] Forms: uke [romanization]
Etymology: 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 受(う)ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|受ける|うける|to receive, to get|pos=}} 受(う)ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”), {{ja-ryk|受ける|うける|to receive, to get}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 受(う)ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”). Head templates: {{ja-verb form|うけ}} うけ • (uke)
  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 受ける (ukeru) [ichidan]
    Sense id: en-うけ-ja-verb-~W0-RQHl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 受ける (ukeru) [ichidan]"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うけ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ke̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "うけ"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "食",
    "浮け",
    "筌",
    "槽",
    "有卦"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "うけ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for うけ meaning in Japanese (5.7kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "うけ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "うけ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "うけ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うけ",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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