Japanese

Verb

取る ‎(transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana とる, romaji toru)

1. to take; (board games) to capture
2. to pick up
3. to harvest
4. to earn
5. to steal
6. to choose
7. to eat; to have (a meal)
8. to remove (one's glasses, etc.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• 乗 (の)っ取 (と)る ‎(nottoru, “to seize, capture”)
• 娶 (めと)る ‎(metoru, “to marry”)
• 年 (とし)を取 (と)る ‎(toshi o toru, “to grow old, to age”)

See also

• 拾 (ひろ)う ‎(hirou, “to pick up”)

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3