GRAMMAR DETAIL
を受けて
Indicates that an event or request prompts the response that follows.
Examples
住民の要望をうけて、バスの本数が増えた。
In response to residents' requests, the number of bus runs was increased.
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台風の警報を受けて、学校は休みになった。
Following the typhoon warning, the school was closed.
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事故の報告を受けて、会社は調査を始めた。
Following the accident report, the company began an investigation.
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: After an event, request, or announcement,
を受けてconnects it to a following measure taken in response to it or its effects. - Basic usage:
事故の報告を受けて、会社は調査を始めた。means that the company began investigating in response to the accident report.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- A response versus a time sequence
要望を受けて方針を変えたmakes the policy change a response to a request.発表を聞いた後で散歩したmerely orders a walk after hearing an announcement, rather than establishing a response to it.