取とり組くみ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Refers to actively tackling a problem, task, or challenge. Often used in contexts of projects, policies, or personal endeavors. Implies a proactive stance.

環かん境きょう問もん題だいへの取とり組くみが急きゅう務むだ。
Efforts to address environmental issues are urgent.
彼かれの新あたらしい事じ業ぎょうへの取とり組くみは真しん剣けんそのものだ。
His approach to the new business is dead serious.

noun

bout; match

Only when written 取組

Specifically a match or bout in sports, especially sumo. The spelling 取組 is strongly associated with sumo contexts.

今日きょうの取とり組くみは横よこ綱づな同どう士しの対たい戦せんだ。
Today's bout is a match between yokozuna.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉への取とり組くみefforts/initiative toward (an issue)
環かん境きょう問もん題だいへの取とり組くみが求もとめられている。
Efforts to address environmental issues are being called for.
〈人ひと〉の取とり組くみを見みるto watch someone's sumo bout
横よこ綱づなの取とり組くみを見みに行いった。
I went to watch the yokozuna's bout.
取とり組くみを行おこなうto carry out an initiative
市しは新あたらしい取とり組くみを行おこなっている。
The city is carrying out a new initiative.
取とり組くみが組くまれるfor a bout to be scheduled/arranged
今こん場ば所しょの取とり組くみが組くまれた。
The bouts for this tournament have been scheduled.
取とり組くみを強きょう化かするto strengthen efforts/initiatives
会かい社しゃは安あん全ぜん対たい策さくの取とり組くみを強きょう化かした。
The company strengthened its efforts on safety measures.
地じ道みちな取とり組くみsteady, down-to-earth effort
地じ道みちな取とり組くみが成せい果かにつながった。
The steady efforts led to results.

Kanji

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

Related words

努ど力りょくN3sense 1
取り組み highlights a structured initiative or approach to a task, while 努力 emphasizes the personal exertion and hard work involved.
勝しょう負ぶN2sense 2
取り組み specifically refers to a sumo bout or match, while 勝負 is a more general term for any contest or game with a winner and loser.
対たい応おうN2sense 1
取り組み suggests a proactive, ongoing effort to tackle an issue, whereas 対応 often refers to responding or reacting to a situation as it arises.
施し策さく sense 1
施策 is a formal term for a specific policy measure taken by a government or organization, while 取り組み is broader and can describe any kind of effort, personal or institutional.

Don't confuse with

取とり決きめN1
取り組み means an effort or initiative (or a sumo bout), while 取り決め means an agreement or arrangement settled between parties, despite the similar sound and kanji.
取とり込こみ
取り込み (bringing in, or confusion) and 取り組み (tackling a task, effort) look and sound nearly identical but mean very different things.
取とり付つけ
取り組み means an effort or initiative (e.g., in business or sports), which learners can visually confuse with 取り付け despite the completely different meaning.

Counted with

回かいN4sense 2
取り組み as a sumo bout is counted with 回, as in 三回の取り組み for 'three bouts'.

Written forms

取とり組くみUsage55%
Standard spelling for general use. High frequency in news and everyday contexts.
取とり組くみUsage29%
Often used specifically for sumo bouts or matches. This form is common in sumo references.
取とり組くみUsage14%
Variant spelling with okurigana; less common but acceptable.
とりくみUsage1%
とり組くみUsage<1%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; rarely used in practice.
取とり組くみ
Uncommon abbreviated spelling; mostly seen in older or compact texts.

Etymology

Noun form of the verb 取り組む (torikumu), from 取り (tori, 'taking') + 組む (kumu, 'to assemble' or 'to grapple'). The sumo sense derives from the grappling meaning.