請け負う – Vocabulary details

請うけ負おう

Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)

1. to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work)

そういう任にん務むを請うけ負おってるってことかしら。So you mean you've taken on that kind of mission?

2. to take responsibility for; to be liable for

責せき任にんは私わたしが請うけ負おう。I will take responsibility.

formally request

lose to (something)

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popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)

責せき任にんは私わたしが請うけ負おう。

I will take responsibility.

そういう任にん務むを請うけ負おってるってことかしら。

So you mean you've taken on that kind of mission?

個こ人じんの仕し事ごととして請うけ負おえば？

Why not take it on as personal work?

とはいえ、請うけ負おってしまったものは仕し方かたがない。

That said, there is nothing to be done about what I have already taken on.

これまで請うけ負おっていた全すべての仕し事ごとが取とり上あげられたんです！

All the jobs I had been taking on until now were taken away!

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