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汲み取る · godan verb (-ru)

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

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

draw water; scoop up; pump out

Literal sense of drawing or scooping liquid, often water, from a source. Used for physical extraction.

井い戸どから水みずを汲くみ取とる。
I draw water from the well.
船せん底ていにたまった水みずを汲くみ取とる作さ業ぎょう。
The work of pumping out water accumulated in the bottom of the boat.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

understand feelings; grasp; take into consideration

Figurative extension: to draw out and understand someone's unspoken feelings, intentions, or situation. Often used with 気持ち, 意向, or 事情.

彼かれの気き持もちを汲くみ取とってあげてください。
Please try to understand his feelings.
相あい手ての事じ情じょうを汲くみ取とった対たい応おうが必ひつ要ようだ。
A response that takes the other person's circumstances into consideration is necessary.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の気き持もちを汲くみ取とるto understand/sense someone's feelings
彼かの女じょの言こと葉ばから、悲かなしい気き持もちを汲くみ取とった。
From her words, I sensed her sadness.
〈場ば所しょ〉から水みずを汲くみ取とるto draw or pump water out from a place
井い戸どから水みずを汲くみ取とって畑はたけに運はこんだ。
He drew water from the well and carried it to the field.
〈事こと〉を汲くみ取とるto take someone's circumstances or intentions into consideration
上じょう司しは部ぶ下かの事じ情じょうを汲くみ取とって休きゅう暇かを認みとめた。
The boss took his subordinate's circumstances into account and approved the leave.
〈人ひと〉の意い向こうを汲くみ取とるto gauge and respect someone's wishes or intentions
会かい議ぎでは顧こ客きゃくの意い向こうを汲くみ取とることが大たい切せつだ。
In meetings, it's important to grasp the client's wishes.

Kanji

汲draw (water), ladle, scoop
取take, fetch, take up
酌bar-tending, serving sake, the host

Related words

汲くむN2sense 1
汲む is the plain base verb for scooping or drawing liquid, while 汲み取る adds the sense of fully extracting or, figuratively, thoroughly grasping someone's feelings.
察さっするN2sense 2
察する means to intuitively sense an unspoken feeling or situation, while 汲み取る implies actively drawing out that understanding from clues like words or context.
思おもいやる sense 2
思いやる emphasizes showing consideration or empathy toward someone, whereas 汲み取る focuses on the act of correctly interpreting their hidden feelings or intent.
理り解かいN3sense 2
理解する is a general, neutral word for understanding anything, while 汲み取る specifically stresses picking up on someone's unstated feelings or circumstances.

Don't confuse with

酌くむN2sense 2
酌む shares the same reading and figurative sense of considering someone's feelings, but it more commonly means to pour drinks (like sake), unlike 汲み取る which is specifically about extracting understanding.

Word family

汲くみ取とり
dipping up night soil; scooping out · understanding; grasping; surmising
汲くみ取とり口ぐち
cesspool pumping hole; septic tank access hole
汲くみ取とり屋や
night soil collector
汲くみ取とり便べん所じょ
pit latrine; outhouse for night-soil collection
汲くみ取とり式しき便べん所じょ
vault toilet; pit latrine

Built from

汲くむ+取とる

Written forms

汲くみ取とるUsage43%
Primary kanji spelling; 汲む means to draw or scoop, fitting both literal and figurative senses.
くみとるUsage16%
汲くみとるUsage14%
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Search-only mixed kanji-kana form.
くみ取とるUsage13%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kana-kanji form.
汲くみ取とるUsage8%
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Search-only abbreviated kanji form.
酌くみ取とるUsage6%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 酌む relates to pouring or considering, aligning with the figurative sense.

Etymology

Compound of 汲み (continuative form of 汲む, 'to draw/scoop') + 取る ('to take'). The figurative sense developed from the idea of drawing out someone's inner thoughts or feelings.