〜を受けて (~o ukete) — in response to / following ~
Something happened or was announced — and in response someone took action. The form of news and notices.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
- When a typhoon is coming, your phone gets an alert from the city, and the TV says: 「台風の接近を受けて、市は避難指示を出しました」— 'in response to the approaching typhoon, the city issued an evacuation order.'
- The sign in the shop when prices go up, 「原材料価格の高騰を受けて…」, or the company email 「ご指摘を受けて修正しました」— living in Japan, you will see this every week.
Meaning
- The root meaning of 「受ける」is 'to catch, to receive' — like catching a ball, you catch an event that came in and do something in reply.
- So after 「〜を受けて」there is always a step taken by an organisation or a person: a decision, a measure, an announcement, a change.
How to attach
Attach 「を受けて」after a noun; in writing just 「を受け、」is also used.
Versus what you know
- How it differs from forms you know: 「〜を機に」(L3) marks a good turning point to start something new (就職を機に), and 「〜を踏まえて」(L24) means carefully taking a result as the basis for a decision
- 「を受けて」is the reaction that comes right after an event, often after bad news or a request.
Watch out
The key rule: what follows must be someone's deliberate action — it isn't used for a natural result like 「雨を受けて、道がぬれた」.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
大雨の予報を受けて、市は小中学校の休校を決めた。
おおあめのよほうをうけて、しはしょうちゅうがっこうのきゅうこうをきめた。
Following the forecast of heavy rain, the city decided to close its elementary and junior high schools.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 大雨の予報 = the heavy-rain forecast (a noun) → 「を受けて」= taking that in → then the city's action: 休校を決めた = decided to close the schools.
原材料価格の高騰を受けて、4月から一部商品の価格を改定いたします。
げんざいりょうかかくのこうとうをうけて、しがつからいちぶしょうひんのかかくをかいていいたします。
In response to soaring raw material costs, we will revise the prices of some products from April.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 原材料価格の高騰 = a sudden jump in raw material prices → 「を受けて」 → then the shop's action: 価格を改定いたします = we will change prices (a polite notice to customers).
先日のご指摘を受けて、マニュアルの該当箇所を修正しました。
せんじつのごしてきをうけて、マニュアルのがいとうかしょをしゅうせいしました。
Following your comments the other day, I have corrected the relevant part of the manual.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) ご指摘 = what (you) pointed out → 「を受けて」= in response to it → 修正しました = I corrected it (business email language).
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「円安の急速な進行＿＿、政府は緊急の会議を開いた。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint: 「受ける」takes an object — which particle?
N + を受けて. 円安の急速な進行を受けて = in response to the yen's rapid fall. The other particles don't attach here.
In which sentence is 「を受けて」unnatural?
💡 Hint: Is what follows someone's action, or a natural result?
「を受けて」needs a deliberate action after it. A wet road is just a natural result — say 「昨日の雨で、道がまだぬれている」.
Which description matches 「〜を受けて」?
💡 Hint: Like catching a ball and throwing it back.
を受けて = acting in response to an event or announcement. The first describes 「を機に」, the second 「を踏まえて」, the third 「にとどまる」.
Your score: /3