撮る (toru)
撮る (とる, toru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to take (a photograph)”. 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 (a photograph) · godan verb, transitive
- to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot · godan verb, transitive · esp. 録る
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 撮る
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 | 撮る | とる toru |
| Polite (~masu) | 撮ります | とります torimasu |
| Negative | 撮らない | とらない toranai |
| Polite negative | 撮りません | とりません torimasen |
| Past | 撮った | とった totta |
| Polite past | 撮りました | とりました torimashita |
| Negative past | 撮らなかった | とらなかった toranakatta |
| Te-form | 撮って | とって totte |
| Potential | 撮れる | とれる toreru |
| Passive | 撮られる | とられる torareru |
| Causative | 撮らせる | とらせる toraseru |
| Volitional | 撮ろう | とろう torou |
| Imperative | 撮れ | とれ tore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 撮れば | とれば toreba |
Kanji in 撮る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 撮る.
Source: JMdict entry 1298790 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.