書かき取とる

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書き取る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	書かき取とる	書かき取とらない
Polite	書かき取とります	書かき取とりません
Past polite	書かき取とりました	書かき取とりませんでした
Past	書かき取とった	書かき取とらなかった
Te-form	書かき取とって	書かき取とらないで
Desire	書かき取とりたい	書かき取とりたくない
Potential	書かき取とれる	書かき取とれない
Passive	書かき取とられる	書かき取とられない
Causative	書かき取とらせる	書かき取とらせない
Causative passive	書かき取とらせられるalso 書かき取とらされる	書かき取とらせられないalso 書かき取とらされない
Volitional	書かき取とろう
Polite volitional	書かき取とりましょう
Imperative	書かき取とれ	書かき取とるな
Conditional	書かき取とれば	書かき取とらなければ
Tara conditional	書かき取とったら	書かき取とらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

write down; take dictation; take notes

Used for writing down spoken words, such as dictation, lectures, or instructions.

先せん生せいの話はなしをノートに書かき取とった。
I wrote down the teacher's talk in my notebook.
電でん話わ番ばん号ごうをメモに書かき取とってください。
Please write down the phone number on a memo.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

copy out; transcribe

Used for copying a written text by hand, not from speech.

古こ文ぶん書しょを一いち字じ一いっ句く書かき取とる。
I copy out the old document character by character.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の話はなしを書かき取とるto write down what someone says
先せん生せいの話はなしを書かき取とった。
I wrote down what the teacher said.
講こう義ぎを書かき取とるto take notes on a lecture
大たい切せつな講こう義ぎを書かき取とった。
I took notes on the important lecture.
〈物もの〉を書かき取とるto copy out a document or text by hand
古ふるい手て紙がみを書かき取とった。
I copied out the old letter by hand.
口こう述じゅつを書かき取とるto take down dictation
社しゃ長ちょうの口こう述じゅつを書かき取とった。
I took down the president's dictation.

Kanji

書write
取take, fetch, take up

Related words

書かき写うつす sense 2
書き写す focuses on copying an existing written text exactly, while 書き取る can also mean writing down spoken words such as dictation.
メモる sense 1
メモる is a casual, quick way to jot down a note, whereas 書き取る is more formal and implies careful, complete transcription.
速そっ記き sense 1
速記する means to take shorthand notes at high speed, a specialized skill, while 書き取る simply means to write down what is heard or seen in normal writing.

Don't confuse with

聞きき取とるN3sense 1
聞き取る means to catch or understand something by listening, while 書き取る means to physically write down what is heard or read, so the two are easily confused in dictation contexts.

Word family

書かき取とりN2
copying written text; transcribing kanji from kana · dictation; transcription of speech

Built from

書かく+取とる

Written forms

書かき取とるUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling; the high-priority form.
書かき取とるUsage5%
Variant kanji spelling; less common than 書き取る.

Etymology

Compound of 書き (kaki, continuative form of 書く 'to write') + 取る (toru, 'to take'). Literally 'write and take', referring to capturing spoken or written content in writing.