I Love Kanji乗っ取る (nottoru)
乗っ取る (のっとる, nottoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- のっとる
- Romaji
- nottoru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to seize; to occupy · godan verb, transitive
- to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 乗っ取る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 乗っ取る | のっとる nottoru |
| Polite (~masu) | 乗っ取ります | のっとります nottorimasu |
| Negative | 乗っ取らない | のっとらない nottoranai |
| Polite negative | 乗っ取りません | のっとりません nottorimasen |
| Past | 乗っ取った | のっとった nottotta |
| Polite past | 乗っ取りました | のっとりました nottorimashita |
| Negative past | 乗っ取らなかった | のっとらなかった nottoranakatta |
| Te-form | 乗っ取って | のっとって nottotte |
| Potential | 乗っ取れる | のっとれる nottoreru |
| Passive | 乗っ取られる | のっとられる nottorareru |
| Causative | 乗っ取らせる | のっとらせる nottoraseru |
| Volitional | 乗っ取ろう | のっとろう nottorou |
| Imperative | 乗っ取れ | のっとれ nottore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 乗っ取れば | のっとれば nottoreba |
Kanji in 乗っ取る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 乗っ取る.
乗るのるto get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.)乗り物のりものvehicle乗り換えるのりかえるto transfer (trains)乗客じょうきゃくpassenger乗せるのせるto place on (something)乗車じょうしゃboarding (a train, bus, etc.)乗換のりかえtransfer (trains, buses, etc.)乗り換えのりかえtransfer (trains, buses, etc.)乗り越しのりこしriding past (one's station)乗り込むのりこむto board (a train, plane, etc.)取るとるto take取り替えるとりかえるto exchange取れるとれるto come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.)受け取るうけとるto receive
Source: JMdict entry 1354700 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.