受け身
Meanings
Noun
No-adjective
Na-adjective
1. the defensive
2. passive attitude; passivity; passiveness
3. the passive; passive voice
4. ukemi (the art of falling safely)
Other spellings
受身
Kanji used
Pitch accent
うけみ
うけみ
うけみ
Composed of
受け
popularity; favour; favor; reception; defense; defence; reputation; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
Noun
身
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); …
Noun
Used in vocabulary
Examples3
どうして
How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?
テレビ
TV is harmful in that it keeps your mind in a passive state.
公式
In the official question collection it is explained as being "passive voice of the present continuous tense".