I Love Kanji取る (toru)
取る (とる, toru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to take; to pick up”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- とる
- Romaji
- toru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold · godan verb, transitive
- to pass; to hand; to give · godan verb, transitive
- to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive · godan verb, transitive
- to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose · godan verb, transitive
- to remove; to get rid of; to take off · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 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 | 取る | とる toru |
| Polite (~masu) | 取ります | とります torimasu |
| Negative | 取らない | とらない toranai |
| Polite negative | 取りません | とりません torimasen |
| Past | 取った | とった totta |
| Polite past | 取りました | とりました torimashita |
| Negative past | 取らなかった | とらなかった toranakatta |
| Te-form | 取って | とって totte |
| Potential | 取れる | とれる toreru |
| Passive | 取られる | とられる torareru |
| Causative | 取らせる | とらせる toraseru |
| Volitional | 取ろう | とろう torou |
| Imperative | 取れ | とれ tore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 取れば | とれば toreba |
Kanji in 取る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 取る.
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取り上げるとりあげるto pick up受取うけとりreceiving書取かきとりwriting down from other written material取り消すとりけすto cancel取り出すとりだすto take out取り入れるとりいれるto take in取扱とりあつかいtreatment取引とりひきtransactions取材しゅざいgathering material (for an article, novel, etc.)取締りとりしまりcontrol塵取りちりとりdustpan
Source: JMdict entry 1326980 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.