受身 (Ukemi) is a Japanese noun meaning “the defensive, passive attitude, passivity, passiveness”.
Meanings
- noun, adjectival noun, na-adjectivethe defensive
- noun, adjectival noun, na-adjectivepassive attitude; passivity; passiveness
- noun, adjectival noun, na-adjectivethe passive; passive voice
- noun, adjectival noun, na-adjectiveukemi (the art of falling safely)
Examples
どうしてそんなに受け身的なのか。仕返ししてはどうだ。
How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?
公式問題集には"受け身の現在進行形"と説明されています。
In the official question collection it is explained as being "passive voice of the present continuous tense".
テレビは精神を受け身の状態にして置くという点で有害である。
TV is harmful in that it keeps your mind in a passive state.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).