NichiDict

取る

N5
とる
[toru]
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Meanings

1.GodanTransitive

to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold

2.GodanTransitive

to pass; to hand; to give

3.GodanTransitive

to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation)

4.GodanTransitive

to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose

5.GodanTransitive

to remove; to get rid of; to take off

6.GodanTransitive

to take away; to steal; to rob

7.GodanTransitive

to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

8.GodanTransitive

to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish); to harvest (a crop)

9.GodanTransitive

to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside

10.GodanTransitive

to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep

11.GodanTransitive

to take (e.g. a joke); to interpret; to understand; to make out; to grasp

12.GodanTransitive

to record; to take down

13.GodanTransitive

to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper); to take; to buy; to get

14.GodanTransitive

to order; to have delivered

15.GodanTransitive

to charge; to fine; to take (tax)

16.GodanTransitive

to take (e.g. a wife); to take on (e.g. an apprentice); to adopt; to accept

17.GodanTransitive

to take control of; to take (the rudder)

Less common meanings (1)
18.GodanTransitiveJargon

to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

Examples

メモを取ってくれる?

Could you take notes?

塩を取ってください

Please pass the salt.

彼は良い点を取った

He got a good score.