JLPT N3 · Verb

取れる (toreru)

取れる (とれる, toreru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: とれる
Romaji: toreru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.) · ichidan verb, intransitive
to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to come out (of a stain); to come off (e.g. of dust); to be removed (e.g. of wrinkles) · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be harvested; to be picked; to be produced; to be caught (of fish); to be obtained · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as); to be understood (as); to be read (as) · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be attained (of balance, harmony, etc.); to be achieved · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

鋳物が金型からすっぽりとれた。

The casting came cleanly out of its mold.

Tatoeba #75872

しびれがとれるまで食事はしないでください。

Don't eat till the numbness wears off.

Tatoeba #216085

オリーブの実から油が取れます。

Oil is extracted from olives.

Tatoeba #227468

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 取れる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	取れる	とれる toreru
Polite (~masu)	取れます	とれます toremasu
Negative	取れない	とれない torenai
Polite negative	取れません	とれません toremasen
Past	取れた	とれた toreta
Polite past	取れました	とれました toremashita
Negative past	取れなかった	とれなかった torenakatta
Te-form	取れて	とれて torete
Potential	取れられる	とれられる torerareru
Passive	取れられる	とれられる torerareru
Causative	取れさせる	とれさせる toresaseru
Volitional	取れよう	とれよう toreyou
Imperative	取れろ	とれろ torero
Conditional (~ba)	取れれば	とれれば torereba

Kanji in 取れる

取

take, fetch, take upシュ・と.る・と.り · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 取れる.

取るとるto take取り替えるとりかえるto exchange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 1326990 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.