Meaning

Primary

To Humbly Receive

Alternatives

To Humbly Accept, To Humbly Eat, To Humbly Drink

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

If you humbly do something you are going to humbly receive, to humbly accept, or eat or drink it. Basically you're humbly doing a lot of things. And you can use this word for all of them!

Reading

いただく
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn this reading yet, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

You technically already know this reading! You know how people say いただきます? Well that's the same as this! You're humbly receiving your meal. So to humbly receive is いただく!

Context

Context Sentences

お祝いを頂き、本当に有難うございます。

Thank you very much for your congratulations.

Kanji Composition