JLPT N5 · Verb

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

  1. to take (a photograph) · godan verb, transitive
  2. to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot · godan verb, transitive · esp. 録る

Example sentences

これは私の妹を撮った写真です。
This is a picture of my sister.
この番組、ビデオに録っておいて。
Will you record this program on video for me?

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.

FormJapaneseReading
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.