Meaning

Primary

To Gather

Alternatives

To Take, To Pick

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means gather so the verb vocab version is to gather.

Reading

とる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

When you gather things, you go around and take things from their original location to put them together in your gathering spot. In Japanese, when you take something, you could say 取る, right? This word has the same reading: とる.

Context

Context Sentences

僕のお父さんはカブト虫を採る名人です。

My daddy is good at catching beetles.

Kanji Composition