"受け身" meaning in Japanese

See 受け身 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɯ̟ke̞mʲi] Forms: 受け身 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), ukemi [romanization], 受身 [alternative, kanji]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|うけみ}} 受(う)け身(み) • (ukemi)
  1. that which is passive (not active, but acted upon)
    Sense id: en-受け身-ja-noun-DZhm-ljg Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 65 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 70 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 70 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. the passive voice
    Sense id: en-受け身-ja-noun-pUKnFeY- Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō) Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 39 61
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      "ruby": [
        [
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          "う"
        ],
        [
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          "み"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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      "form": "ukemi",
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    },
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うけみ"
    },
    {
      "other": "うけみ"
    },
    {
      "other": "うけみ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ke̞mʲi]"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 受 read as う",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 身 read as み",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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          "受",
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        ],
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          "み"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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        "that which is passive (not active, but acted upon)"
      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        [
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  ],
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      "other": "うけみ"
    },
    {
      "other": "うけみ"
    },
    {
      "other": "うけみ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ke̞mʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "受け身"
}

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