JLPT N1 · Verb

引取る (hikitoru)

引取る (ひきとる, hikitoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to take into one's possession; to receive”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひきとる
Romaji: hikitoru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to take into one's possession; to receive; to accept; to collect; to claim · godan verb, transitive
to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to adopt · godan verb, transitive
to leave; to go away; to withdraw; to get out · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

私は苦情を言ったが、店ではこのセーターを引き取るのを拒んだ。

I complained, but they refused to take this sweater back.

Tatoeba #157541

彼は戦災孤児をひきとって養女として育てています。

He adopted a war orphan and is bringing her up as a foster daughter.

Tatoeba #74280

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

Conjugation of 引取る

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	引取る	ひきとる hikitoru
Polite (~masu)	引取ります	ひきとります hikitorimasu
Negative	引取らない	ひきとらない hikitoranai
Polite negative	引取りません	ひきとりません hikitorimasen
Past	引取った	ひきとった hikitotta
Polite past	引取りました	ひきとりました hikitorimashita
Negative past	引取らなかった	ひきとらなかった hikitoranakatta
Te-form	引取って	ひきとって hikitotte
Potential	引取れる	ひきとれる hikitoreru
Passive	引取られる	ひきとられる hikitorareru
Causative	引取らせる	ひきとらせる hikitoraseru
Volitional	引取ろう	ひきとろう hikitorou
Imperative	引取れ	ひきとれ hikitore
Conditional (~ba)	引取れば	ひきとれば hikitoreba

Kanji in 引取る

引

pull, tug, jerkイン・ひ.く・ひ.ける · 4 strokes

取

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 引取る.

字引じびきdictionary引くひくto pull引っ越すひっこすto move (house)引き出しひきだしdrawer引退いんたいretirement引用いんようquotation引越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)引っ張るひっぱるto pull引力いんりょくattraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation)強引ごういんoverbearing索引さくいんindex (in a book)引算ひきざんsubtraction割引わりびきdiscount長引くながびくto be prolonged

Source: JMdict entry 1168960 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.