to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
Examples (6 in total)
彼女は手術を受けることに決めた。
She decided to have surgery.
私の祖母はドイツで手術を受けた。
My grandmother had an operation in Germany.
父はガンの手術を受けるべきであったのに。
My father ought to have had an operation for cancer.