獲とる

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獲る · godan verb (-ru)

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

Pairs with獲れる

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

catch; capture; hunt

Used for catching wild animals, fish, or game, emphasizing the act of obtaining them through effort or skill.

川かわで大おおきな魚さかなを獲とった。
I caught a big fish in the river.
彼かれは山やまでウサギを獲とるのが得とく意いだ。
He is good at hunting rabbits in the mountains.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

win; conquer; secure

Used for winning titles, prizes, or competitive achievements, often with a sense of seizing or earning through effort.

彼かれはオリンピックで金きんメダルを獲とった。
He won a gold medal at the Olympics.
そのチームは優ゆう勝しょうを獲とるために全ぜん力りょくを尽つくした。
The team gave their all to win the championship.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉〉を獲とるto catch (an animal or fish)
猟りょう師しが大おおきな鹿しかを獲とった。
The hunter caught a large deer.
賞しょうを獲とるto win a prize or award
その映えい画がは最さい優ゆう秀しゅう作さく品ひん賞しょうを獲とった。
The movie won the best picture award.
金きんメダルを獲とるto win a gold medal
彼かの女じょはオリンピックで金きんメダルを獲とった。
She won a gold medal at the Olympics.
〈数すう〉点を獲るてんをとるto score (a number of) points
チームは後こう半はんに十じゅっ点てんを獲とった。
The team scored ten points in the second half.

Kanji

獲seize, get, find

Transitive / intransitive

獲とれる sense 1
獲れる is the intransitive counterpart of 獲る, describing that a fish or animal 'gets caught' rather than someone actively catching it.

Related words

捕とらえるN2sense 1
捕らえる means to seize or capture a living thing, often with force, while 獲る emphasizes obtaining prey or a prize through skill or effort.
獲かく得とくN1sense 2
獲得する is a more formal, abstract word for acquiring something (titles, rights, points), while 獲る is a plainer everyday verb with the same sense of winning.
狩かる sense 1
狩る focuses on the act of hunting itself, whereas 獲る focuses on the successful result of catching the game.
勝かち取とる sense 2
勝ち取る stresses winning something through struggle or competition, similar to 獲る in its 'win, secure' sense but with a stronger emphasis on effort.

Opposites

逃のがすN2sense 1
逃す means to let a catch escape, the opposite of successfully catching something with 獲る.
失うしなうN3sense 2
失う means to lose something, the opposite of 獲る in the sense of winning or securing a prize.

Don't confuse with

取とるN5
取る is the general, all-purpose verb for 'take' or 'pick up', while 獲る is reserved for catching game or winning competitive prizes.
捕とるN3sense 1
捕る is used for catching or seizing a living creature (like a ball or an animal), while 獲る adds the nuance of obtaining it through hunting or competitive effort.
撮とるN5
撮る means to take a photograph and is unrelated in meaning to 獲る, but the identical reading とる often causes learners to mix up the kanji.
得えるN3
獲る is a narrower spelling of essentially the same verb, used specifically for catching or securing game, fish, or prey, while 得る covers gaining anything abstract or concrete.

Written forms

獲とる
Standard kanji spelling for catching wild animals or fish, and for winning titles or prizes.
とるUsage100%

Etymology

The kanji 獲 combines the radical 犭 (dog/beast) with 蒦 (a phonetic component suggesting 'to obtain'), reflecting the original meaning of catching game. The reading とる is native Japanese, shared with other verbs of taking or capturing.