採る【とる】
Frequency rank: 8,298. – 8,312. (for form とる: 585.)
- to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (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
- to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)
Godan verb with 'ru' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 採る【とる】Frequency rank: 8,298. – 8,312.
- とるFrequency rank: 585.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.)
- 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
- to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)
This meaning is used when referring to the act of selecting or deciding on a certain method or action to follow.
This meaning is used when referring to the physical act of collecting or gathering items, such as flowers, mushrooms, or insects, from their natural environment.
This meaning refers to the action of deriving or taking out something from a larger entity, such as juice from fruits or samples for testing.
This meaning indicates taking on a particular stance or attitude in a situation.
This refers to the act of employing or hiring people for work or academic purposes.
This meaning describes the action of allowing something to enter or flow into a space, such as water or light.
Generated collocations (experimental)
とる採るをきめる決めるto decide on a methodさいよう採用するto adopt (a proposal or method)とる採るほうほう方法the method to adoptはな花をとる採るto pick flowersきのこをとる採るto gather mushroomsむし虫をとる採るto catch insectsじゅうすジュースをとる採るto extract juiceさんぷるサンプルをとる採るto take a sampleたいど態度をとる採るto assume an attitudeがくせい学生をとる採るto take on studentsじゅうぎょういん従業員をとる採るto hire employeesみず水をとる採るto draw in waterひかり光をとる採るto let in lightさいしゅ採取するto collect (samples, data, etc.)てきせつ適切なほうほう方法をとる採るto adopt an appropriate methodあたらしい新しいぎじゅつ技術をとる採るto adopt new technology
Example sentences
7 results
1. どるドルがえん円をはじめとするしゅよう主要なあじあアジアつうか通貨にたいして対してきゅうらく急落しているなか、じっしつじょう実質上のどるぺっぐドルペッグせいさく政策をとっている採っているちゅうごく中国のじんみんげん人民元はわりやす割安となっている。
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.
3. ほん本のそれぞれのぶ部はちょしゃ著者のじんせい人生からとられた採られたいんよう引用きごう―ほん本のいっせつ一節、みちばた道端のみ見しら知らぬひと人へのしつもん質問、があるふれんどガールフレンドのさけび叫びきごう―ではじめられている始められている。
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.