JLPT N5 vocabulary
取る: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
とる1Atamadaka · high start
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to take, to pick up, to grab, to catch
- to pass, to hand, to give
- to get, to obtain, to acquire, to win, to receive, to earn, to take (e.g. a vacation)
- to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.), to take (a measure, attitude, etc.), to choose
- to remove, to get rid of, to take off
- to take away, to steal, to rob
- to eat, to have (e.g. lunch), to take (e.g. vitamins)
- to pick (e.g. flowers), to gather, to extract (e.g. juice), to catch (e.g. fish), to harvest (a crop)
- to take up (time, space), to occupy, to spare, to set aside
- to secure, to reserve, to save, to put aside, to keep
- to take (e.g. a joke), to interpret, to understand, to make out, to grasp
- to record, to take down
- to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper), to take, to buy, to get
- to order, to have delivered
- to charge, to fine, to take (tax)
- to take (e.g. a wife), to take on (e.g. an apprentice), to adopt, to accept
- to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.), to play

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 取る | 取 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 取 | 取 |
| Polite presentます形 | 取 | 取 |
| Polite pastました形 | 取 | 取 |
| Te-formて形 | 取 | 取 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 取 | 取 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 取 | 取 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 取 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 取 | 取 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 取 | 取る |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 取 | 取 |
| Passive受身形 | 取 | 取 |
| Make / let使役形 | 取 | 取 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 取 | 取 |
Example sentences
君の意見は私には取るに足りない。
Your opinion is nothing to me.
人は年をとるに伴って物事を忘れがちになる。
As people get older, they become forgetful.
先生の説明の内容に沿ってメモを取るべきだ。
You should take notes following the content of the teacher's explanation.