取る

Meaning

1. v5rvt
   to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold
2. v5rvt
   to pass; to hand; to give
3. v5rvt
   to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation)
4. v5rvt
   to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose
5. v5rvt
   to remove; to get rid of; to take off
6. v5rvt
   to take away; to steal; to rob
7. v5rvt
   to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
8. v5rvt
   to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish); to harvest (a crop)
9. v5rvt
   to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside
10. v5rvt
    to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep
11. v5rvt
    to take (e.g. a joke); to interpret; to understand; to make out; to grasp
12. v5rvt
    to record; to take down
13. v5rvt
    to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper); to take; to buy; to get
14. v5rvt
    to order; to have delivered
15. v5rvt
    to charge; to fine; to take (tax)
16. v5rvt
    to take (e.g. a wife); to take on (e.g. an apprentice); to adopt; to accept
17. v5rvt
    to take control of; to take (the rudder)
18. v5rvt
    to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

Example sentences

• 人は食事を取らなければ死んでしまう。

  If you don't eat, you die.

• 「塩を取って下さい」「はい、どうぞ」

  "Pass me the salt, please." "Here you are."

• 本を取ってそれを読みなさい。

  Take a book and read it.