承る

Compound of 受ける (ukeru, “to receive”) +‎ 賜る (tamawaru, “to be granted”), with alternative (irregular) spelling as 受け賜る.[1][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うけたまわ​る [ùkétámáwáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [5])[2][3][4]
  • (Tokyo) うけたまわる [ùkétámáwárú] (Heiban – [0])[3][4]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝke̞ta̠ma̠ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

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

• 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 (こころざし) (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 (う)け賜 (たまわ)る (uketamawaru), hence (1+1)+3=5; compare common 受 (う)け付 (つ)ける (uketsukeru).