Japanese

Verb

承る ‎(transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana うけたまわる, romaji uketamawaru)

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)

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Trivia

This is the verb with longest kanji reading (5 morae) うけたまわ.る uketamawa.ru. The only other kanji with a 5-morae reading is the noun 志 (​kokorozashi), and no kanji have readings of 6 or more morae.

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 受け賜る u.ke-tamawa.ru, hence (1+1)+3=5; compare common 受け付ける u(ke)-tsu(ke)ru).

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
4. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3