とる

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
取る
撮る
録る
捕る
獲る
盗る
執る
摂る
採る

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "取る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
取る
Imperative (命令形) 取れ
Key constructions
Passive 取られる られ
Causative 取らせる らせ
Potential 取れる
Volitional 取ろう
Negative 取らない ない
Negative perfective 取らなかった なかった
Formal 取ります りま
Perfective 取った った
Conjunctive 取って って
Hypothetical conditional 取れば れば
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "撮る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
撮る
Imperative (命令形) 撮れ
Key constructions
Passive 撮られる られ
Causative 撮らせる らせ
Potential 撮れる
Volitional 撮ろう
Negative 撮らない ない
Negative perfective 撮らなかった なかった
Formal 撮ります りま
Perfective 撮った った
Conjunctive 撮って って
Hypothetical conditional 撮れば れば
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "捕る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
捕る
Imperative (命令形) 捕れ
Key constructions
Passive 捕られる られ
Causative 捕らせる らせ
Potential 捕れる
Volitional 捕ろう
Negative 捕らない ない
Negative perfective 捕らなかった なかった
Formal 捕ります りま
Perfective 捕った った
Conjunctive 捕って って
Hypothetical conditional 捕れば れば
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "盗る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
盗る
Imperative (命令形) 盗れ
Key constructions
Passive 盗られる られ
Causative 盗らせる らせ
Potential 盗れる
Volitional 盗ろう
Negative 盗らない ない
Negative perfective 盗らなかった なかった
Formal 盗ります りま
Perfective 盗った った
Conjunctive 盗って って
Hypothetical conditional 盗れば れば

Verb

とる (torutransitive godan (stem とり (tori), past とった (totta))

Japanese verb pair
active とる
mediopassive とれる
  1. 取る: to take
    (ひと)()()
    hito no te o toru
    to take someone by the hand
  2. 取る: (board games) to capture
  3. 取る: to pick up
    (はな)(たば)()()
    hanataba o te ni toru
    to pick up a bouquet of flowers
  4. 取る: to pick up on; to grasp
    ()()()
    imi o toru
    to grasp the meaning
    バランス()
    baransu o toru
    to achieve balance
    バランス()れない
    baransu ga torenai
    unable to maintain balance
    (きょく)(ひょう)()()れない
    kyoku no hyōshi ga torenai
    unable to pick up on the time of a song
  5. 取る: to earn
    いい(せい)(せき)とる
    ii seiseki o toru
    to get good grades
  6. 取る: to remove (one's glasses, etc.)
    ()()ばみ()
    ha no kibami o toru
    to remove the yellowness from teeth
  7. 撮る, 録る: to photograph, film, or record; to take a picture
    ()あかり(しゃ)(しん)()ったりしていました。
    Hi no akari o shashin ni tottari shiteimashita.
    They were taking photos of the light of the flame.
    (むし)()
    mushi o toru
    to take pictures of bugs
  8. 捕る, 獲る, 取る: to catch; to capture
    (むし)()
    mushi o toru
    to catch bugs
  9. 獲る: to hunt (animals)
  10. 盗る, 取る: to steal
  11. 執る: to do (work), to perform (duties), to take (trouble)
  12. 執る: to take the command
  13. 摂る, 取る: to have food or a meal, to ingest, to eat
  14. 摂る: to take nutrients, to take in
  15. 採る, 取る: to take, to adopt (a measure, a choice, etc.), to choose
  16. 採る: to take (a blood sample etc.)
  17. 採る, 取る: to pick (plants), to harvest
  18. 採る: to employ
Conjugation
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Suffix

とる (-torugodan (stem とり (-tori), past とった (-totta))

  1. (informal) Contraction of おる (-te oru).
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN