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取り片付ける (とりかたづける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

取とり片かた付づける

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

clean up; clear away; put in order

General term for tidying up a space, putting things away, or clearing clutter. Often implies removing items and organizing what remains.

部屋へやをきれいに取とり片かた付づけた。
I cleaned up the room neatly.
食しょっ器きを取

と

り

片かた

付づ

け

て

ください

。

Please clear away the dishes.

Written forms

取とり片かた付づける
Standard kanji spelling with 取り prefix.
取とり片かた付づける
Variant spelling without okurigana り; less common but still used.

Kanji

取take, fetch, take up
片one-sided, leaf, sheet
付adhere, attach, refer to

Similar words

片かた付づける
片付ける is the more common and general word for tidying up or putting things in order. 取り片付ける adds a nuance of picking up and removing items, often implying a more thorough clearing away.

Etymology

Compound of 取り (tori, continuative form of 取る 'to take') + 片付ける (katazukeru 'to tidy up'). The prefix 取り adds a sense of taking hold of things and putting them away.