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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

請うけ負おう

ukeou

to undertake contracted work

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはこのすべての仕事しごとをただで請うけ負おった。

    He has taken all this work for nothing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この整備せいびを請うけ負おったのはカヤ興産こうさんであった。

    It was Kaya Kosan Co., Ltd. that undertook the work of remodeling.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 同年どうねん、日暮里村にっぽりむらの火葬場運営かそうじょううんえいを請うけ負おう東京博善会社とうきょうはくぜんかいしゃを設立せつりつ。

    In the same year, he established the Tokyo Hakuzen Company that undertook the management of a crematory service in Nippori village.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 請負

  • 請solicit; inviteOnセイ・シン・ショウKunこう・うける
  • 負defeat; negativeOnフKunまける・まかす・おう

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