採る
とる
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on; to pick (e.g. flowers)
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-ru), Transitive
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on- to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to catch (e.g. insects)
- to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample)
- to assume (an attitude)
- to take on (workers, students); to employ; to hire
All 6 meanings
- to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 採るとる | 採りますとります |
| Negative | 採らないとらない | 採りませんとりません |
| Past | 採ったとった | 採りましたとりました |
| Past negative | 採らなかったとらなかった | 採りませんでしたとりませんでした |
| Te-form | 採ってとって |
|---|---|
| Potential | 採れるとれる |
| Passive | 採られるとられる |
| Causative | 採らせるとらせる |
| Volitional | 採ろうとろう |
| Imperative | 採れとれ |
| Conditional (ば) | 採ればとれば |
| Conditional (たら) | 採ったらとったら |
Example sentences
リンゴ採って。
Pick me an apple.
トムが花を採ったんだ。
Tom picked flowers.
トマトを採ってるんだよ。
I'm picking up a tomato.
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She picked a flower from the pot and gave it to me.
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Organic kiwi fruit. Feel free to help yourself.
More examples (6)
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If you don't know what kind of mushroom it is, better not take it.
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If you don't know what kind of mushroom it is, better not take it.
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.
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.
「お母さん、冷蔵庫にある『きのこのしょうゆ漬け』美味しそうね。食べていい?」「食べていいけど、食べたらなんかお腹痛くなるから、気をつけてね」「えっ?誰が作ったの?」「あっ、あれはじいちゃんが山で採ってきたキノコをばあちゃんが漬けたのよ」「それって、食べちゃいけないキノコが混ざってるんじゃないの?」「そうなのかしら?」
"Mom, those mushrooms marinated in soy sauce in the fridge look good. Can I eat some of them?" "Sure, you can, but they made my stomach feel weird when I ate them, so be careful." "Huh? Who made them?" "Oh, Grandpa picked out the mushrooms out in the mountains, and then Grandma put them in the soy sauce." "Uh, doesn't that mean that there are inedible mushrooms mixed in there?" "Oh, maybe..."
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Please leave a urine sample in this cup.