受
Accept
On’yomi: N/A
Kun’yomi: う.ける
Radicals: Cleat + Forehead + Stool
Meaning: Accept
You’re sitting on a stool and someone cleats you in the forehead as part of an acceptance ritual. It’s for the most prestigious Spanish soccer club in the world. You got knocked off the stool, and the cleats really hurt your forehead, but you’re just glad to have been accepted.
You’re dealing with a lot of mixed emotions right now. You feel the pain from being cleated in the forehead and knocked clean off your stool, but you’re also glad to have finally been accepted into the soccer club. Suppress your pain. Accept this honor like a man.
Reading: う
After you got kicked, the club leader shouts “Uno (う) mas!” Knowing this means “one more” in Spanish, you now realize that they plan to cleat you in the forehead at least one more time as part of this demented acceptance ritual. Why couldn’t they have just stopped at uno?
Imagine the anxiety and fear you’d be feeling knowing you’re about to get cleated in the forehead again. Will they stop at dos? Tres? You pray to God they don’t say uno mas anymore.