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引き取り (ひきとり, hikitori) Japanese meaning: pickup | Kotomora
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取と
り
は
午ご
後ご
三さん
時じ
以い
降こう
です
。
Package pickup is after 3 p.m.
We asked a dealer to collect the unsold goods.
They are looking for someone to take in the lost dog.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 引ひ き 取と りに 行い く to go pick up an item
Since the repair was finished, I went to pick up the car.
〈 物もの 〉 の 引ひ き 取と りを 断ことわ る to refuse to accept/collect an item
The store refused to accept the defective item.
引ひ き 取と り 手て が 見み つかる for someone willing to take custody of something to be found
Someone was found to take in the abandoned dog.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 引ひ き 取と りを 頼たの む to ask someone to come and pick something up
I asked the company to come pick up the old furniture.
早々そうそう にお 引ひ き 取と りいただく to have someone leave promptly (polite but firm)
We had the customer who caused the disturbance leave promptly.
Related words 受け取り refers to receiving something in general, while 引き取り emphasizes actively going to collect an item or taking on custody/responsibility for it.
回収 usually means an organization retrieving or gathering items back (e.g. recalled products), whereas 引き取り can be a simple one-time pickup or acceptance by the receiving party.
退去 is a formal, often legal/administrative term for vacating or leaving a place, while お引き取りください is a politely phrased (but potentially curt) request for someone to leave.
Don't confuse with 引き取り means picking up or taking back an item, while 取引 means a business transaction or deal; the kanji are the same characters in reverse order.
引き取り means picking up or collecting something (e.g. a parcel), while 引き換え means exchanging one thing for another, so learners confuse the two 引き- compounds.
Written forms 引ひ き 取と り Usage 30%
Standard modern spelling with okurigana; this is the high-priority form.
引ひき 取と り Usage 41%
Variant spelling with reduced okurigana; encountered especially in labels, business writing, and compounds.
引ひき 取とり Usage 28%
More compact no-okurigana variant; common enough in practical compounds and forms such as 引取場所, but 引き取り is clearer for learners.
Etymology Nominal form of the compound verb 引き取る, combining 引く with 取る. The spelling reflects the idea of drawing or taking something toward oneself; the exact historical development is not specified.
