取とれる

と

れ

る

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

取れる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	取とれる	取とれない
Polite	取とれます	取とれません
Past polite	取とれました	取とれませんでした
Past	取とれた	取とれなかった
Te-form	取とれて	取とれないで
Desire	取とれたい	取とれたくない
Potential	取とれられるalso 取とれれる	取とれられないalso 取とれれない
Passive	取とれられる	取とれられない
Causative	取とれさせる	取とれさせない
Causative passive	取とれさせられる	取とれさせられない
Volitional	取とれよう
Polite volitional	取とれましょう
Imperative	取とれろ	取とれるな
Conditional	取とれれば	取とれなければ
Tara conditional	取とれたら	取とれなかったら

Pairs with取る

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

come off; detach

Used when something attached or fixed becomes detached, such as a button, handle, lid, or sticker.

シャツのボタンが取とれた。
A button came off my shirt.
鍋なべの取とっ手てが取とれそうだ。
The pot handle looks like it's about to come off.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

go away; disappear; be removed

Describes the disappearance or removal of something undesirable: fever, pain, swelling, stain, dust, wrinkles, etc.

薬くすりで熱ねつが取とれた。
The fever went down with medicine.
このシミは洗あらっても取とれない。
This stain won't come out even if I wash it.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be harvested; be obtained; be caught

Used for natural products, resources, or catches: crops, fish, minerals, data, etc. Emphasizes the result of gathering or extracting.

今年ことしは米こめがたくさん取とれた。
We harvested a lot of rice this year.
この川かわでは鮎あゆが取とれる。
Sweetfish can be caught in this river.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be interpreted as; be taken as

Used when a statement, action, or situation is understood or interpreted in a certain way. Often followed by ～と or ～ように.

彼かれの言こと葉ばは皮ひ肉にくに取とれる。
His words can be taken as sarcasm.
その表ひょう現げんは誤ご解かいされやすい意い味みに取とれる。
That expression can be interpreted in a way that is easily misunderstood.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be attained; be achieved

Used for abstract states such as balance, harmony, or a desired condition. Often appears with nouns like バランス, 調和, 均衡.

栄えい養ようのバランスが取とれた食しょく事じを心こころがけている。
I try to eat meals that are nutritionally balanced.
両りょう者しゃの間あいだで調ちょう和わが取とれた。
Harmony was achieved between the two parties.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb

can get; can obtain; can secure

Potential form of 取る. Expresses ability or possibility: can get, obtain, secure, win, catch, etc. Can be used transitively.

Usage patterns· 8

〈物もの〉が取とれるfor something (a button, handle, sticker, etc.) to come off
シャツのボタンが取とれてしまった。
A button came off my shirt.
熱ねつが取とれるfor a fever to go away
薬くすりを飲のんだら熱ねつが取とれた。
After taking medicine, my fever went down.
バランスが取とれるfor balance to be achieved
この食しょく事じは栄えい養ようのバランスが取とれている。
This meal has a good nutritional balance.
〈時とき〉が取とれるto be able to get time off
来らい週しゅうなら休やすみが取とれる。
I can get time off next week.
〈場ば所しょ〉で〈物もの〉が取とれるfor something to be harvested or caught in a place
この川かわでは大おおきな魚さかなが取とれる。
Big fish can be caught in this river.

Show 3 more

〈事こと〉と取とれるto be interpreted or understood as something
彼かれの言こと葉ばは皮ひ肉にくと取とれる。
His words can be taken as sarcasm.
疲つかれが取とれるfor tiredness to be relieved
温おん泉せんに入はいったら疲つかれが取とれた。
Soaking in the hot spring got rid of my fatigue.
資し格かくが取とれるto be able to obtain a qualification
この学がっ校こうでは教きょう員いんの資し格かくが取とれる。
You can get a teaching qualification at this school.

Expressions· 12

元もとが取とれるrecover costs; break even · pay off; be worth the effort
角かどが取とれるmellow; soften with maturity
銭ぜにの取とれるworth the money; good value
同どう期きが取とれるbe synchronized; achieve synchronization
採さい算さんが取とれるbe profitable; pay; break even

Show 3 more

損そんして得とく取とれsometimes you have to lose a little to gain a lot; you must lose a fly to catch a trout
連れん絡らくが取とれるbe able to make contact; be able to get in touch
つかえが取とれるfeel relieved; get a load off one's chest

See all 12 in Explore →

Kanji

取take, fetch, take up

Transitive / intransitive

取れる itself can appear both intransitively, as in 「ボタンが取れる」 (a button comes off), and in the potential-transitive sense with an object marker, as in 「資格が取れる」 (a qualification can be obtained).

取とるN5
取る is the transitive verb 'to take/get', while 取れる is its intransitive/potential counterpart describing something coming off or becoming obtainable on its own.

Related words

外はずれるN3sense 1
外れる emphasizes something slipping out of place or missing its mark, while 取れる simply describes an attached part becoming detached.
消きえるN5sense 2
消える is the general word for something disappearing, while 取れる is used specifically for unwanted things like pain, stains, or fever going away.
収しゅう穫かくN3sense 3
収穫する is the active, transitive verb meaning 'to harvest', while 取れる describes the result from the crop's or resource's point of view.
剥はがれる
取れる is a broader word for something detaching or coming off (buttons, stains, handles), while 剥がれる specifically describes a surface layer like a sticker or paint peeling away.
剥むけるN1
取れる is a general word for something coming off or detaching (a button, a stain), whereas 剥ける specifically means a surface layer peeling off.

Opposites

付つくN4sense 1
付く means something attaches or sticks on, the opposite of 取れる, which means it comes off.

Don't confuse with

撮とれる
撮れる (same reading, different kanji) means 'to be able to photograph something', while 取れる covers detachment, removal, harvest, or obtaining something.
採とれる
取れる is the general verb for something coming off or being obtainable in many contexts, while 採れる is limited to natural resources or produce being gathered.

Word family

取とれたてN2
freshly harvested; freshly caught; just-picked
取とれ高だか
yield; harvest; catch; take
取とれ過すぎ
excessive yield; overharvest

Written forms

取とれるUsage47%
Standard kanji spelling for the intransitive/potential verb とれる.
とれるUsage53%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the intended sense is broad or the kanji is not needed.

Etymology

取れる is the intransitive counterpart of native Japanese 取る and also functions as its potential form, giving the related senses “come off,” “be obtained,” and “can obtain.”