I Love Kanji書き取る (kakitoru)
書き取る (かきとる, kakitoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かきとる
- Romaji
- kakitoru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture) · godan verb, transitive
- to copy out (a text) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 書き取る
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 | 書き取る | かきとる kakitoru |
| Polite (~masu) | 書き取ります | かきとります kakitorimasu |
| Negative | 書き取らない | かきとらない kakitoranai |
| Polite negative | 書き取りません | かきとりません kakitorimasen |
| Past | 書き取った | かきとった kakitotta |
| Polite past | 書き取りました | かきとりました kakitorimashita |
| Negative past | 書き取らなかった | かきとらなかった kakitoranakatta |
| Te-form | 書き取って | かきとって kakitotte |
| Potential | 書き取れる | かきとれる kakitoreru |
| Passive | 書き取られる | かきとられる kakitorareru |
| Causative | 書き取らせる | かきとらせる kakitoraseru |
| Volitional | 書き取ろう | かきとろう kakitorou |
| Imperative | 書き取れ | かきとれ kakitore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 書き取れば | かきとれば kakitoreba |
Kanji in 書き取る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 書き取る.
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Source: JMdict entry 1343780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.