取とり手て

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Meanings

General term for a person who receives or takes something. Often used in contexts like deliveries, payments, or transfers.

荷に物もつの取とり手てが不ふ在ざいだったので、再さい配はい達たつを依い頼らいした。
The recipient of the package was absent, so I requested redelivery.
この賞しょうの取とり手てはまだ決きまっていない。
The recipient of this award has not been decided yet.

noun

skilled practitioner (judo, sumo, etc.)

martial arts sumo

Used in martial arts and sumo to refer to a person who is adept at receiving or countering techniques, rather than just initiating them.

彼かれは柔じゅう道どうの取とり手てとして名な高だかい。
He is renowned as a skilled judo practitioner.
相撲すもうでは、取とり手ての技ぎ術じゅつが勝しょう敗はいを分わけることも多おおい。
In sumo, the skill of the receiver often determines the outcome.

noun

card taker (karuta)

Specifically the player who takes cards in competitive karuta. Compare with 読み手 (reader).

Kanji

取take, fetch, take up
手hand

Related words

読よみ手て
In karuta, 読み手 is the reader who recites the poems, while 取り手 is the player who takes the cards.
受うけ手て
受け手 is a more general term for a receiver or recipient, often used in abstract contexts like communication or responsibility, while 取り手 emphasizes physically taking or receiving something.

Word family

引ひき取とり手て
claimant; caretaker; person who takes over

Built from

取とる+手て

Written forms

取とり手てUsage31%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
取とり手てUsage69%
Variant spelling; less common than 取り手.

Etymology

Compound of 取り (taking) + 手 (person). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the word has been used since at least the Edo period for various 'taker' roles.