取る（とる）
JLPT N5 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: to take / get
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 取ります | とります |
| te-form | 取って | とって |
| ta-form (past) | 取った | とった |
| nai-form (negative) | 取らない | とらない |
| potential form | 取れる | とれる |
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Example sentences
- 棚から辞書を取って調べる。 — I take the dictionary off the shelf and look something up.
- すみません、塩を取ってください。 — Excuse me, could you pass the salt?
Idioms & proverbs containing “取る”
- 損して得取る (そんしてとくとる) — you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose
- 一本取る (いっぽんとる) — to score an ippon; to score a full point (in judo, kendo, etc.)
- 舵を取る (かじをとる) — to steer a ship
- 首を取る (くびをとる) — to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off
- 手玉に取る (てだまにとる) — to lead (someone) by the nose; to twist (someone) around one's little finger
- 引けを取る (ひけをとる) — to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
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