取る
とる
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold
- to pass; to hand; to give
- to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation)
- to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose
- to remove; to get rid of; to take off
- to take away; to steal; to rob
- to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins) See also: とる.
- to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish); to harvest (a crop)
- to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside
- to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep
- to take (e.g. a joke); to interpret; to understand; to make out; to grasp
- to record; to take down
- to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper); to take; to buy; to get
- to order; to have delivered
- to charge; to fine; to take (tax)
- to take (e.g. a wife); to take on (e.g. an apprentice); to adopt; to accept
- to take control of; to take (the rudder)
- to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play
Kanji
- 取 take. Read as とる.
Example sentences
- 人は食事を取らなければ死んでしまう。
If you don't eat, you die. - 「塩を取って下さい」「はい、どうぞ」
"Pass me the salt, please." "Here you are." - 本を取ってそれを読みなさい。
Take a book and read it. - １インチを与えると１ヤードを取ろうとする。
Give him an inch and he'll take a yard. - この赤ちゃんペンギンとっても可愛い！
This baby penguin is too cute!
Common phrases
- 指揮を執る (しきをとる) to take command
- 形を取る (かたちをとる) to take the form (of)
- 立場を取る (たちばをとる) to take a position (e.g. on an issue)
- 責任を取る (せきにんをとる) to take responsibility (for a fallout)
- 措置を取る
- 対応を取る
- 対策を取る
- 姿勢を取る
- 点を取る
- 頭文字を取る
- ポーズを取る
- アンケートを取る
- 人質に取る
- まわしを取る
- 統計を取る
Related forms
- 取れる (とれる) to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.) (intransitive partner)
Words containing 取る
- 取り上げる (とりあげる) to adopt (a proposal)
- 取り組む (とりくむ) to tackle (e.g. a problem)
- 取り戻す (とりもどす) to take back
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