引ひき取とり

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

pickup; collection; acceptance; taking custody

Noun form of 引き取る for taking something or someone into one's possession or care: picking up goods, collecting an item, accepting delivery, or taking custody/responsibility.

荷に物もつの引ひき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.
売うれ残のこった商しょう品ひんの引ひき取とりを業ぎょう者しゃに依い頼らいした。
We asked a dealer to collect the unsold goods.
迷子まいごの犬いぬの引ひき取とり手てを探さがしている。
They are looking for someone to take in the lost dog.

noun

leaving; departure; withdrawal

Often appears in polite or formal set expressions such as お引き取りください and お引き取り願います, meaning to leave or withdraw from a place. Although polite in form, it can sound firm or dismissive depending on context.

申もうし訳わけありませんが、本ほん日じつはお引ひき取とりください。
I'm sorry, but please leave for today.
説せつ明めいが終おわりましたので、関かん係けい者しゃ以い外がいの方かたはお引ひき取とり願ねがいます。
The explanation is over, so we ask everyone except those involved to leave.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を引ひき取とりに行いくto go pick up an item
修しゅう理りが終おわったので、車くるまを引ひき取とりに行いった。
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
店みせは不ふ良りょう品ひんの引ひき取とりを断ことわった。
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
捨すてられた犬いぬに引ひき取とり手てが見みつかった。
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
業ぎょう者しゃに古ふるい家か具ぐの引ひき取とりを頼たのんだ。
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)
騒さわぎを起おこした客きゃくには早そう々そうにお引ひき取とりいただいた。
We had the customer who caused the disturbance leave promptly.

Kanji

引pull, tug, jerk
取take, fetch, take up

Related words

受うけ取とりN3sense 1
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.
回かい収しゅうN2sense 1
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.
退たい去きょ sense 2
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.

Opposites

引ひき渡わたし sense 1
引き渡し means handing something over or delivering it to another party, the reverse direction of 引き取り, which means taking custody of or collecting something.

Don't confuse with

取とり引ひきN2
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.
引ひき換かえN1
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.

Counted with

件けんN2
This is the natural counter when referring to a pickup/collection case or matter.

Written forms

引ひき取とりUsage30%
Standard modern spelling with okurigana; this is the high-priority form.
引ひき取とりUsage41%
Variant spelling with reduced okurigana; encountered especially in labels, business writing, and compounds.
引ひき取とりUsage28%
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.