Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
捕れる
採れる
撮れる

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "取れる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
取れる [tòréꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 取れろ [tòréꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 取れられる れられ [tòréráréꜜrù]
Causative 取れさせる れさせ [tòrésáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 取れよう れよ [tòréyóꜜò]
Negative 取れない ない [tòréꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 取れなかった なかった [tòréꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 取れます れま [tòrémáꜜsù]
Perfective 取れた れた [tóꜜrètà]
Conjunctive 取れて れて [tóꜜrètè]
Hypothetical conditional 取れれば れば [tòréꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

()れる (toreruintransitive ichidan (stem () (tore), past ()れた (toreta))

Japanese verb pair
active 取る
mediopassive 取れる
  1. come off, become detached
    ドア()()()れる
    Doa no totte ga toreru.
    The knob comes off.
  2. subside (especially of a fever, pain, etc.)
    (いた)()れる
    itami ga toreru
    the pain subsides
    (つか)()れる
    tsukare ga toreru
    the tiredness wears off
  3. to come off
    ()()れる
    shimi ga toreru
    the stain comes off
  4. be taken as (be interpreted in a certain way)
    この文章(ぶんしょう)(ぎゃく)意味(いみ)にも()れる
    Kono bunshō wa gyaku no imi ni mo toreru.
    This passage can be taken in an opposite sense.
  5. to keep, to maintain
    ()()()れる
    tsuriai ga toreru
    to get along / to be balanced
    連絡(れんらく)はどのようにすれば()れますか。
    Renraku wa dono yō ni sureba toremasu ka.
    How can I get in touch with you?
  6. the potential form of 取る, to be obtainable
    やっと免許(めんきょ)()れました
    Yatto menkyo ga toremashita.
    Finally I got my license.

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN