During O-bon, Japanese people believe they receive a visit from an ancestor.
日本人は、お盆の間先祖が自分達のところにやってきていると信じている。
Did you receive my letter?
手紙は届きましたか。
I put the receiver to my ear.
私は受話器を耳に当てた。
I forgot to lift the receiver before dialing the number.
ぼくはうっかり受話器をはずさないでダイヤルを回した。
I received your letter yesterday.
君の手紙を昨日受け取りました。
I had been in Tokyo only three days when I received news of my father's death.
東京に出てわずか3日、父が死んだという知らせを受けた。
The film received favourable criticism.
その映画はとても好意的な批判を受けた。
If he had received her advice, he would have succeeded.
もし彼が彼女の忠告をえていたら、彼は成功していただろうに。
I received a letter from her to the effect that she couldn't accept my marriage proposal.
彼女から結婚できませんという旨の手紙が届いた。
The politician receives on Wednesdays.
あの政治家は水曜日が面会日だ。
I received a letter written in English.
私は英語で書かれた手紙をうけとった。
She's worried because she hasn't received a letter from her son for many months.
彼女は息子から何ヶ月も便りが無いので心配している。
It'll be two weeks before you receive the article.
その品は届くまで2週間ほどかかります。
Today, we received your invitation to the exhibition with pleasure.
展示会へのご招待、本日ありがたく承りました。
When his wife died, he received dozens of letters of sympathy.
彼の奥さんが亡くなった時、彼は何十通ものお悔み状を受け取った。
Those who send in old junk they don't use anymore will, without exception, receive a present.
不用品を送っていただいた方にもれなくプレゼントいたします。
I haven't received any notice that she is coming.
彼女が来るという知らせは何も受け取っていません。
We have not received a letter from him so far.
今までのところ我々は彼から手紙を受け取っていない。
Today, many people receive higher education.
今日、多くの人が高等教育を受けている。
I received an item that I did not order.
注文していない品物を受け取りました。
This is the nicest present I've ever received.
これは私がもらった最もすてきなプレゼントです。
You need to open an account at a bank to receive the payment.
支払いを受けるために銀行口座を開く必要がある。
I received her letter the other day.
この間彼女から手紙がきた。
She may have been surprised when she received my letter.
彼女は私の手紙を受け取って、びっくりしたかもしれない。
I'm sorry, but I didn't receive any milk at my house today.
今日牛乳がぼくのところへ来なかったのですが。
We experience and understand the world through signals that are received by the senses and interpreted by the brain - and both stages are subject to distortion.