I Love Kanji捕る (toru)
捕る (とる, toru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture”. It appears in JLPT N2 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 N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 捕る
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 | 捕る | とる toru |
| Polite (~masu) | 捕ります | とります torimasu |
| Negative | 捕らない | とらない toranai |
| Polite negative | 捕りません | とりません torimasen |
| Past | 捕った | とった totta |
| Polite past | 捕りました | とりました torimashita |
| Negative past | 捕らなかった | とらなかった toranakatta |
| Te-form | 捕って | とって totte |
| Potential | 捕れる | とれる toreru |
| Passive | 捕られる | とられる torareru |
| Causative | 捕らせる | とらせる toraseru |
| Volitional | 捕ろう | とろう torou |
| Imperative | 捕れ | とれ tore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 捕れば | とれば toreba |
Kanji in 捕る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 捕る.
捕まえるつかまえるto catch逮捕たいほarrest捕まるつかまるto be caught捕えるとらえるto catch捕獲ほかくcapture捕鯨ほげいwhaling捕虜ほりょprisoner (of war)
Source: JMdict entry 1514140 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.