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獲る (とる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 獲る · godan verb (-ru)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 獲と る 獲と らない Polite 獲と ります 獲と りません Past polite 獲と りました 獲と りませんでした Past 獲と った 獲と らなかった Te-form 獲と って 獲と らないで Desire 獲と りたい 獲と りたくない Potential 獲と れる 獲と れない Passive 獲と られる 獲と られない Causative 獲と らせる 獲と らせない Causative passive 獲と らせられる also 獲と らされる 獲と らせられない also 獲と らされない Volitional 獲と ろう Polite volitional 獲と りましょう Imperative 獲と れ 獲と るな Conditional 獲と れば 獲と らなければ Tara conditional 獲と ったら 獲と らなかったら
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魚さかな
を
獲と
っ
た
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I caught a big fish in the river.
He is good at hunting rabbits in the mountains.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの〉 〉 を 獲と る to catch (an animal or fish)
The hunter caught a large deer.
賞しょう を 獲と る to win a prize or award
The movie won the best picture award.
金きん メダルを 獲と る to win a gold medal
She won a gold medal at the Olympics.
〈 数すう 〉 点を獲るてんをとる to score (a number of) points
The team scored ten points in the second half.
Transitive / intransitive Related words 捕らえる means to seize or capture a living thing, often with force, while 獲る emphasizes obtaining prey or a prize through skill or effort.
獲得する is a more formal, abstract word for acquiring something (titles, rights, points), while 獲る is a plainer everyday verb with the same sense of winning.
狩る focuses on the act of hunting itself, whereas 獲る focuses on the successful result of catching the game.
勝ち取る stresses winning something through struggle or competition, similar to 獲る in its 'win, secure' sense but with a stronger emphasis on effort.
Opposites 逃す means to let a catch escape, the opposite of successfully catching something with 獲る.
失う means to lose something, the opposite of 獲る in the sense of winning or securing a prize.
Don't confuse with 取る is the general, all-purpose verb for 'take' or 'pick up', while 獲る is reserved for catching game or winning competitive prizes.
捕る is used for catching or seizing a living creature (like a ball or an animal), while 獲る adds the nuance of obtaining it through hunting or competitive effort.
Written forms 獲と る
Standard kanji spelling for catching wild animals or fish, and for winning titles or prizes.
とる Usage 100%
Etymology The kanji 獲 combines the radical 犭 (dog/beast) with 蒦 (a phonetic component suggesting 'to obtain'), reflecting the original meaning of catching game. The reading とる is native Japanese, shared with other verbs of taking or capturing.
撮る means to take a photograph and is unrelated in meaning to 獲る, but the identical reading とる often causes learners to mix up the kanji.
獲る is a narrower spelling of essentially the same verb, used specifically for catching or securing game, fish, or prey, while 得る covers gaining anything abstract or concrete.
