to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
Examples (14 in total)
屋根は嵐のひがいをうけました。
The roof was damaged by the storm.
台風でひどいひがいをうけた。
We suffered heavy damage from the typhoon.
作物は洪水のひがいをうけた。
The crops were damaged by the flood.
ほかの国は大したひがいをうけていない。
Other countries have not suffered significant damage.
幸いにも作物は台風のひがいをうけなかった。
Happily the crops were not harmed by the typhoon.
その植物は霜でひがいをうけた。
The plants were damaged by the frost.
台風で稲作は大きなひがいをうけた。
The typhoon did great damage to the rice crop.
その植物は遅霜でひがいをうけた。
The plants were damaged by the late frost.
この前の嵐で数軒の家屋がひがいをうけた。
Several houses were damaged in the last storm.
核戦争が起きれば、全人類がひがいをうけるだろう。
All humanity will suffer if a nuclear war breaks out.
この地震で非常に多くの家がひがいをうけた。
A great many houses were damaged in the earthquake.
もちろん、それによって大きなひがいをうけた場所もあります。
Of course, there are also places that have suffered significant damage as a result.
火はすぐに消されたので、その家はあまりひがいをうけなかった。
The house did not suffer much damage because the fire was quickly put out.
そのひがいをうけるのは何も敵だけではないということだ。
It means that it is not only the enemy that suffers the damage.