承る

うけたまわる · uketamawaru · JLPT N2 · verb-godan

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👂 uke 受け (receive) + tamawaru 賜る (be granted) = humbly receive words

Etymology: 受け賜る, to receive what a superior grants. A clerk who says 承りました is humbly saying the order has been received. The kanji 承 itself means accept or undertake, as in 承知 (consent).

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