取とり組くむ

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取り組む · godan verb (-mu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	取とり組くむ	取とり組くまない
Polite	取とり組くみます	取とり組くみません
Past polite	取とり組くみました	取とり組くみませんでした
Past	取とり組くんだ	取とり組くまなかった
Te-form	取とり組くんで	取とり組くまないで
Desire	取とり組くみたい	取とり組くみたくない
Potential	取とり組くめる	取とり組くめない
Passive	取とり組くまれる	取とり組くまれない
Causative	取とり組くませる	取とり組くませない
Causative passive	取とり組くませられるalso 取とり組くまされる	取とり組くませられないalso 取とり組くまされない
Volitional	取とり組くもう
Polite volitional	取とり組くみましょう
Imperative	取とり組くめ	取とり組くむな
Conditional	取とり組くめば	取とり組くまなければ
Tara conditional	取とり組くんだら	取とり組くまなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

grapple with; wrestle with; engage in a bout

Physical or competitive grappling; used for sumo, judo, wrestling, or being matched against an opponent.

横よこ綱づなと若わか手て力りき士しが土ど俵ひょうで取とり組くむ。
The yokozuna and the young wrestler grapple on the dohyo.
彼かれは全ぜん国こく大たい会かいで強きょう豪ごうと取とり組くんだ。
He wrestled with a strong opponent at the national tournament.

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

tackle; work hard on; come to grips with

Abstract use: to seriously address a problem, task, or challenge; often with に marking the target.

政せい府ふは環かん境きょう問もん題だいに真しん剣けんに取とり組くんでいる。
The government is seriously tackling environmental issues.
彼かの女じょは毎まい日にち、新あたらしいプロジェクトに取とり組くんでいる。
She works on a new project every day.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に取とり組くむto tackle a task or problem
彼かれは新あたらしいプロジェクトに真しん剣けんに取とり組くんでいる。
He is seriously tackling the new project.
〈人ひと〉と取とり組くむto grapple with an opponent (e.g. in sumo or wrestling)
力りき士しは横よこ綱づなと取とり組くんだ。
The wrestler grappled with the champion.
真しん剣けんに取とり組くむto tackle something seriously
彼かの女じょは勉べん強きょうに真しん剣けんに取とり組くんでいる。
She is seriously applying herself to her studies.
〈事こと〉に積せっ極きょく的てきに取とり組くむto actively tackle a task or issue
会かい社しゃは環かん境きょう問もん題だいに積せっ極きょく的てきに取とり組くんでいる。
The company is actively addressing environmental issues.

Kanji

取take, fetch, take up
組association, braid, plait

Related words· 7

挑いどむN1sense 2
挑む implies boldly challenging or defying an opponent or difficulty, while 取り組む suggests steady, sustained engagement with a task.
努ど力りょくN3sense 2
努力する means to make an effort in general, whereas 取り組む specifically means to grapple with a particular task or problem.
打うち込こむN1sense 2
打ち込む emphasizes throwing oneself passionately into an activity, while 取り組む is more neutral about seriously addressing a task.
対たい処しょN1sense 2
対処する means to deal with or handle a situation as it arises, while 取り組む suggests a more proactive, ongoing effort to solve it.

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向むき合あうN2
取り組む means to tackle or work on a task or problem, while 向き合う emphasizes directly facing it emotionally or mentally rather than working through it.
携たずさわるN2
取り組む emphasizes actively tackling or wrestling with a task, while 携わる simply describes being part of or engaged in an ongoing field of work.
取とり掛かかるN1
取り組む stresses actively grappling with or wrestling a task over time, while 取り掛かる focuses on the moment of starting it.

Don't confuse with

取とり込こむN1
取り込む means to take in or incorporate something (like laundry or data), while 取り組む means to grapple with or tackle a task or opponent.
取とり次つぐN1
取り組む means to tackle or engage with a task, which learners can confuse with 取り次ぐ due to the shared 取り- prefix despite unrelated meanings.

Word family

取とり組くみN2
effort; initiative; dealing with · bout; match

Built from

取とる+組くむ

Written forms

取とり組くむUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
とりくむUsage2%
取とり組くむUsage2%
Less common variant without okurigana り; seen occasionally but 取り組む is preferred.

Etymology

Compound of 取り (from 取る, 'take') and 組む ('assemble, grapple'). The literal image is of taking hold and grappling, which extended to tackling problems.