取とり入いる

と

り

い

る

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

curry favor; butter up; cozy up to

Describes ingratiating oneself with someone, often for personal gain. The target person is marked with に.

彼かれは上じょう司しに取とり入いって昇しょう進しんした。
He curried favor with his boss and got promoted.
あの人ひとは

いつも

お

世せ

辞じ

で

取と

り

入い

ろう

と

する

。

That person always tries to butter people up with flattery.

Written forms

取とり入いるUsage83%
Standard kanji spelling.
とりいるUsage11%
取とりいるUsage5%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; kana spelling is not a practical written variant.

Kanji

取take, fetch, take up
入enter, insert

Similar words

ご機き嫌げんを取とる
More directly means 'to get into someone's good graces' or 'to humor someone', often with a focus on improving their mood. 取り入る implies a more sustained effort to ingratiate oneself for advantage.
お世せ辞じを言いう
Means 'to flatter' or 'to pay compliments'. 取り入る is the broader act of currying favor, which may include flattery but also other behaviors.

Etymology

Compound of 取り (tori, continuative form of 取る 'to take') + 入る (iru 'to enter'). The literal sense of 'taking oneself in' developed into the figurative meaning of ingratiating oneself.