承る

Compound of 受ける (ukeru, “to receive”) +‎ 賜る (tamawaru, “to be granted”), with alternative (irregular) spelling as 受け賜る.^[1][2]

• (Tokyo) うけたまわる [ùkétámáwáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[2][3][4]
• (Tokyo) うけたまわる [ùkétámáwárú] (Heiban – [0])^[3][4]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ke̞ta̠ma̠β̞a̠ɾɯ̟]

承(うけたまわ)る • (uketamawaru) transitive godan (stem 承(うけたまわ)り (uketamawari), past 承(うけたまわ)った (uketamawatta))

1. (humble) to receive
2. (humble) to read, to look over (from the sense of receiving a letter or document)
3. (humble) to hear, to listen to, to be told

   承(うけたまわ)りましょう

   uketamawarimashō

   I'll listen to you respectfully

4. (humble) to consent to, to agree to, to accept (such as a command or instruction)
5. (rare, honorific) to speak, to say (said of someone else, never of oneself)

• This is one of the two verbs with longest kanji reading (5 morae) うけたまわ.る uketamawa.ru, along with the verb 慮(おもんぱか)る (omonpakaru). The only other common kanji with a 5-morae reading are the nouns 志(こころざし) (kokorozashi) and 詔(みことのり) (mikotonori), while no jōyō kanji have readings of 6 or more morae. (Also see 謀(はかりごと) (hakarigoto))

• This unusually long reading is due to 承る being a single character for a compound verb, one component of which has a long reading (alternative spelling as 受(う)け賜(たまわ)る (uketamawaru), hence (1+1)+3=5; compare common 受(う)け付(つ)ける (uketsukeru).