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受身 (ukemi)

Romaji: ukemi

Meaning

  1. the defensive
  2. passive attitude; passivity; passiveness
  3. the passive; passive voice (gramm)
  4. ukemi (the art of falling safely) (MA)

Kanji and stroke order

accept, undergo, answer (phone)
on: ジュ
kun: う.ける、-う.け、う.かる
8 strokes · JLPT 2
somebody, person, one's station in life
on: シン
kun: み
7 strokes · JLPT 2

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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