採る

Meaning

1. v5rvt
   to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on
2. v5rvt
   to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to catch (e.g. insects)
3. v5rvt
   to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample)
4. v5rvt
   to assume (an attitude)
5. v5rvt
   to take on (workers, students); to employ; to hire
6. v5rvt
   to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)

Example sentences

• ドルが円をはじめとする主要なアジア通貨に対して急落しているなか、実質上のドルペッグ政策を採っている中国の人民元は割安となっている。

  In the midst of the dollar falling hard against the Yen and other major Eastern currencies the Chinese Yuan, with China effectively taking a 'dollar peg' policy, has become cheap.

• 本のそれぞれの部は著者の人生から採られた引用―本の一節、道端の見知らぬ人への質問、ガールフレンドの叫び―で始められている。

  Each part of a book starts with references to its author's life: a passage from a read book, a question directed to a stranger on a roadside, something shouted by a girlfriend.

• 有機キウイです。どうぞご自由にお採り下さい。

  Organic kiwi fruit. Feel free to help yourself.