To Take
To Undertake, To Accept, To Receive
transitive verb, ichidan verb
A person requests something, so you are the one to take it. You're really nice to accept their request. What a nice person you are!
What's another word for "to accept" or "to receive"? How about 受ける? They share a reading!
この案件を請けるのはリスクが高いですが、チャレンジしてみたいです。
Undertaking this project is risky, but I want to give this challenge a try.
彼女は急な注文でも快く請けてくれることが多いので、本当に助かっています。
She often willingly takes on last-minute requests, which is really helpful.
お前の顔を立てるためだけにこのプロジェクトを請けたんだからな。
I only took this project so that you could save face.
仕事を請けるときは、社員が喜んで受ける仕事かを考えて、請けるか決めるんです。売り上げは二の次にしないと、いい仕事はできませんからね。
When taking on a job, I first consider whether it's something the employees will be happy to do. If you don't put profits as a secondary concern, you won't be able to deliver quality work.