英和和英

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他動詞

1

（＝手に取る）to take; to seize; to hold; to take hold of, get hold of, catch hold of, seize hold of, lay hold of （anything）

用例

• 手に取る
  to take anything in one's hand

• 手に取るな
  Take not in your hand,
• 　やはり野に置け
  But leave her where you found
• 　蓮華草
  The flower of low ground!
• 品物を手に取って見る
  to look over an article―examine an article
• 一々手に取って見たわけではない
  I did not look over the articles one by one.
• 人の手を取る
  to take one by the hand
• 互いに手を取り合った
  They took each other by the hand.
• 筆を執る
  to take pen in hand―write
• にわかに筆をとる
  to seize a pen
• やにわに銃を取って狙った
  I seized a gun and took aim.
• 干戈を取る
  to take up arms
• 胸倉を取る
  to seize one by the collar―collar one―hold one at arm's length
• 馬の手綱をとる
  to hold a horse by the bridle

2

（＝人から取る）to take, snatch, steal, wrest （anything from one）

用例

• 人の物を取る
  to take anything from one―steal anything from one

• 彼は人の金を取った
  He stole money from a man.
• 君からこの金を取られた義理じゃない
  I can not, in honour, take this money from you.
• 彼は僕が読んでおった手紙をふんだくるようにして取った
  He snatched from me the letter I was reading.
• 財産を無理に取られた
  My property was wrested from me.

3

（＝働いて取る）to earn; to get

用例

• 働いて銭を取る
  to earn money―turn an honest penny

• 彼は好い給金を取る
  He gets good wages.
• 月給を取る
  to draw a salary
• 彼はいくら月給を取るか
  What salary does he draw?
  What does he get?
• 三百円取る
  He gets 300 yen a month
  He draws a salary of 300 yen.
• 君は食うだけ取れるか
  Can you get enough to live on?

4

（＝勝って取る）to win

用例

• ばくちでいくら取る、いくら取られる
  to win so much from one―lose so much to one

• 彼はその人から大金を取った
  He won large sums from the man.
• 彼にだいぶ取られた
  I have lost much to him.
• 彼は一席で千円取られた
  He lost 1,000 yen at a sitting.
• 一等賞を取る
  to win the first prize―carry off the first prize―bear away the first prize

5

（＝貰う）to receive; to get; to take

用例

• 要るだけ取れ
  Take as much as you want―（は量、数なら）―Take as many as you want.

• 学位を取る
  to take a degree
• 彼らが勉強するのはただ学位を取るためだ
  They work only for a degree.
• 君は何点取ったか
  How many marks did you get?
• 九十点取った
  I got 90 marks.
• 彼はいつも満点取る
  He always gets full marks.
• 彼は平和博覧会で金牌を取った
  He was awarded a gold medal at the Peace Exposition.
• 嫁を取る
  to take a wife―marry a wife
• 君は好い嫁を取った
  You have made a good choice.
• 婿を取る
  to take a husband
• あの娘は好い婿を取った
  She has made a good match.

6

（＝受納する）to accept; to take

用例

• この金を取っては僕の主義に背く
  It would go against my principles to accept this money―take this money.

• 彼に礼を出してもなかなか取らない
  I offered him money, but he would not take it.
• ぜひ取って下さい
  You must positively take it.
• その金をぜひとってくれと言った
  I pressed the money upon him.
• 賄賂を取る
  to take bribes
• あの人は賄賂を取るそうだ
  He is accused of taking bribes―accused of corruption.
• 日本の官吏は賄賂を取らぬ
  The Japanese officials are proof against corruption.

7

（＝得る）to get; to obtain

用例

• 海から種々の物を取る
  We obtain various things from the sea.

• 海草からヨジウムを取る
  Iodine is obtained from seaweeds.
• 石灰からガスを取る
  We get gas from coal.
• 生糸は蚕から取る
  Silk is obtained from the silkworm.

8

（＝盗む）to steal; to abstract

用例

• 電車で時計を取られた
  I had my watch stolen when riding in a car.

• 泥棒に金を取られる
  to have one's money taken by a burglar―be robbed of one's money
• 君は何か取られはせんか
  Don't you miss anything?
• 大束だから一枚くらい取っても知れはすまい
  I will abstract a piece from the large bundle, and nobody will be the wiser.
• たくさんあるから一つ二つくらい取ってもわかりはしなかったろう
  There were so many that one or two would not have been missed.

9

（＝奪う）to rob （a man of his money）; to deprive （a man of his rank）; to despoil （a purse of its contents）; to plunder （a city of its treasure）; to defraud （a man of his property）; to shear （a man of his capital）; to cheat, fool, gull, talk, do （a man out of his money）; to swindle （a man out of his money）

用例

• 僕は金を取られた
  I have been robbed of my money.

• 彼は詐欺師に財産を取られた
  He was defrauded of his property.
• 詐欺師に金を取られた
  He was swindled out of his money.
• だまされて金を取られた
  I have been cheated out of my money―fooled out of my money―gulled out of my money―done out of my money.
• 彼は資本を取られて帰って来た
  He came back shorn of his capital.
• 所持品を取られて帰って来た
  He came back fleeced of his possessions.
• 財布は中身が取ってある
  The purse is despoiled of its contents.
• 中身を取った財布
  a purse despoiled of its contents
  a purse empty of its contents
  a purse minus its contents

10

（＝略取する）to capture; to take ; to conquer; to annex

用例

• 城を取る
  to capture a castle―take a castle

• 要塞を取る
  to capture a fortress―take a fortress
• 国を取る
  to conquer a country―（一部分なら）―annex a province
• 歴山王はもう取る国が無いと言って嘆息した
  Alexander sighed, because there was no more world to conquer.
• 領土を取る
  to annex a territory
• 天下を取る
  to make oneself master of the Empire
• 彼は天下を取る相が有る
  He is destined for the crown.

11

（＝捕獲する）to catch; to take

用例

• 猫は鼠を捕る
  A cat catches mice.

• この猫はよく鼠を捕る
  This cat is a good mouser.
• 魚を捕る
  to catch fish
• この魚はたやすく捕れる
  This fish catches easily―takes easily.
• この近海は魚がたくさん取れる
  Large quantities of fish are caught in these waters.
• 北海道では鯡が取れる
  Herrings are caught in the seas about Hokkaido.
• 今年もだいぶ鯡が取れた
  There has been a large catch of herrings this year.
• 鯨を捕るところを見たいものだ
  I should like to see a whale caught.
• 鳥を捕る
  to catch birds―（網でなら）―net birds―（鉄砲でなら）―shoot birds
• 捕らぬ狸の皮算用
  to count the chickens before they are hatched

12

（＝集める）to gather; to pick; to pluck

用例

• 木の実を取る
  to pluck a fruit―gather fruit

• 花を取る
  to gather flowers―pick a flower―pluck a flower
• 花を取るべからず
  It is forbidden to pluck the flowers.
• 茸を取る
  to gather mushrooms

13

（＝食う）to eat; to take

用例

• 日々三食とる
  to take three meals a day

• 滋養物をとる
  to take nourishing food
• 病人は流動物しかとれない
  The invalid can only take liquid food.
• 取って食う
  to help oneself to anything
• 菓子を出してさあご随意におとりなさい
  Please help yourselves to the cake!
• さあ皆さん遠慮無くおとりなさい
  Come, gentlemen , help yourselves without ceremony!

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（＝買う）to buy （anything at a shop）; to order （goods from a shop）

用例

• 米屋から米をとる
  to order rice from a rice-dealer's

• もっと良い米を持ってこないとよそから取るよ
  If you don't sell us better rice, we will go elsewhere for it.
• お宅では肉をどこからお取りになりますか
  Where do you buy your meat?
• 着物は三越から取ります
  We order our clothes from Mitsukoshi.
• 僕はいつもあの店から取る
  I am a regular customer at that shop
  I patronize that shop.

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（＝価などを請求する）to ask （a price of one）; to charge （one so much）; to collect （a bill）

用例

• この家は家賃をいくら取るか
  What do they charge you for the house?
  What is the rent of the house?

• あのホテルでは一食いくら取るか
  What do they charge you for a meal at that hotel?
• 賄いは月三十円取る
  They charge me 30 yen a month for my board.
• 利息を取る
  to charge interest
• 彼は利息を取って金を貸す
  He lends money at interest.
• この洋服はいくら取られたか
  What did you give for this coat?
  What did this coat cost you?
• 五十円取られた
  I gave 50 yen for it
  It cost me 50 yen.
• 勘定を取る
  to collect a bill
• 洋服屋が勘定を取りに来ました
  The tailor has come to collect his bill.

16

（＝何を何から製す）to make （something from something）

用例

• ガスは石炭から取る
  Gas is made from coal.

• 菜種から油を取る
  We press oil―express oil―extract oil―from rape-seed.
• 綿から糸を取る
  We spin thread out of cotton―spin cotton into thread.
• 繭から糸を取る
  We reel silk off cocoons.

17

（＝選ぶ）to choose; to prefer; to take

用例

• いずれを取るか
  Which will you take?
  Which will you choose?
  Which do you prefer?

• 多くの中から一つ採る
  to choose one out of many
• この中から要るだけ取れ
  Choose as many as you want out of the number.
• 志願者一千名の中から百名だけ採った
  A hundred were taken out of 1,000 applicants.
• 死ぬか恥を掻くか二つの一つを採る
  to choose between death and dishonour
• 大罪を犯すか滅亡するか二つの一つを取らねばならぬ場合がある
  There are cases where one must choose between crime and ruin.
• 仏独いずれかを取る
  to choose between French and German
• 仏独いずれを取るか
  Which will you take,
  Which do you prefer, French or German?
• 僕に選ばせたら仏を取る
  If I were to choose, I would take French.
• 僕は独よりも仏の方を取る
  I prefer French to German.
• 金と名誉といずれを取るか
  Which do you prefer, wealth or fame?
• 金よりも名誉の方を取る
  I prefer fame to wealth.
• 右へ右へと道を取っておいでなさい
  Take the road to the right!

18

（＝採り用いる）to adopt （a method）; to take （a course）; to assume （an attitude, etc.）

用例

• 方針を採る
  to take a course―adopt a course―pursue a course

• どういう方針を採ろうか
  What course shall I take?
• 取るべき方針は一のみ
  There is only one course open to us.
• 取るべき方針はこれのみ
  This is the only course open to us.
• 強硬な態度をとる
  to assume a firm attitude
• 直立不動の姿勢をとる
  to assume an erect and immobile posture
• 方法をとる
  to adopt a method
• 手段をとる、策をとる、処置をとる
  to take steps―take measures
• 断然たる処置をとる
  to take decisive measures 【イディオム・格言的には：】“take the bull by the horns”
• 適宜の処置をとれ
  You may act at your discretion―do as you think fit.
• 攻勢をとる
  to assume the aggressive―take the initiative―act on the offensive
• 守勢をとる
  to assume the defensive―stand on the defensive
• 日本は泰西の文物を採った
  Japan has adopted things Western.

19

（＝要する）to require; to take

用例

• だいぶ手間を取る
  It takes much time.

• お手間は取らせません
  I shall not detain you long
  I shall not keep you long.
• 場を取る
  to take up room―occupy much space

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（＝意味を取る、解釈する）to take （the meaning）; to make out （the meaning）; to interpret, construe （a passage）

用例

• 意味を取る
  to take the meaning―interpret a passage―construe a passage

• ここの意味が取れない
  I can not make out the meaning of this passage.
• ここはこうもああも取れる
  The passage may be interpreted in two ways
  The passage admits of two interpretations
  It may mean this or that
  It is ambiguous in meaning.
• 人の言うことを善く取る
  to take one's words in good part―put a good construction on one's remark
• 人の言うことを悪く取る
  to take one's words in ill part―put a bad construction on one's remark
• 老婆心でこう申すのだから悪く取って貰っては困る
  I say this out of kindness, so you must not take it ill―take it amiss.

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（＝取り去る）to take off; to take away; to take out; to remove

用例

• 箱などの蓋を取る
  to take off the lid―uncover a box

• この石が邪魔だから取れ
  Remove this stone
  Take away this stone
  Get this stone out of the way.
• しみを取る
  to remove a stain―take out a stain
• 草を取る
  to weed the fields―hoe the crops
• 帽を取る
  to take off one's hat―raise one's hat―lift one's hat―uncover oneself
• 帽を取れ
  （号令）Off with your caps!

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〈その他〉

用例

• 写真を撮る
  to take a photograph

• 写真を撮って（撮らせて）来た
  I have been to have my photograph taken.
• 新聞を取る
  to take a newspaper―take in a newspaper―subscribe to a newspaper
• 君は何新聞を取るか
  What paper do you take?
• タイムズを取っている
  I take the Times.
• 抵当を取る
  to take security
• 貸金の抵当に取る、形に取る
  to take anything as security for a loan
• 質に取る
  to take anything in pawn―take anything in pledge
• 平均を取る
  to take the average―strike an average
• 中を取る
  to take the （golden） mean―take the middle course
• 休暇を取る
  to take a holiday
• 師匠を取る
  to have a master―take lessons
• あの人の唄は師匠を取ったのだ
  He has taken lessons in singing.
• 労を取る
  to take trouble―give oneself trouble
• 彼は字引きを引くだけの労をも取らぬ
  He will not take the trouble to consult a dictionary.
• 宿を取る
  to take up one's lodgings―take up one's quarters
• かたきを取る
  to take one's revenge―have one's revenge―revenge oneself―be revenged
• ノートを取る
  to take notes of the lecture
• 瀧を取る
  to take the waterfall

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〈以下特例〉

用例

• 床を取る
  to make a bed

• 舵を取る
  to steer a ship
• 船が舵を取られる
  A ship loses her rudder.
• 風に帽子を取られた
  I had my hat blown off.
• 弓矢取る
  to follow arms―profess arms
• 年を取る
  to grow old―grow older―advance in years
• 年を取るとわかる
  You will understand it as you grow older.
• 親父は年を取っている
  My father is advanced in years―stricken in years.
• 拍子を取る
  to beat time
• 音頭を取る
  to lead the song―lead the singers
• 陣を取る
  to encamp
• 按摩を取る
  to shampoo one
• 按摩を取らせる
  to have oneself shampooed
• 歌留多を取る
  to play （at） cards
• 相撲を取る
  to wrestle
• あの相撲はなかなか取る
  He is a good wrestler.
• 事務をとる
  to transact business―conduct the affairs―carry on business
• 職務をとる
  to attend to one's duties
• 政務をとる
  to administer the affairs of state―conduct government business
• 火鉢に火を取る
  to put fire in a brazier
• 暖を取る
  to warm oneself―keep oneself warm
• 天窓から明りを取る
  to let in ［admit］ light at the skylight
• 牛耳をとる
  to give the law to the world
• 弁当を取る
  to order a luncheon
• 油を取る
  to have it out of one―give one a rating
• うんと油を取られた
  I got a severe rating.
• 跡を取る
  to accede to one's property―come to one's property―（相続が問題になれば）―succeed to one's property
• 親父が死んで彼が跡を取った
  At his father's death, he acceded to his property.
• 彼が死んだら誰が跡を取るか
  If he dies, who will succeed to his property?
• 親父の跡を取る
  to succeed one's father
• 身体の中心をとる
  to balance oneself―keep one's balance
• 中心をとり損なう
  to lose one's balance
• 決を採る
  to divide on a question
• 暇を取る
  to leave one's service
• 病に命を取られる
  A disease proves fatal.
• 法律の精神を取る
  to observe the spirit of the law
• 大事を取る
  to use prudence
• 水垢離を取る
  to perform cold-water ablutions
• 不覚を取る
  to fail―be defeated
• 脈を取る
  to feel the pulse―examine a patient
• 機嫌を取る
  to court―pay court to―a man
• 機嫌気褄を取る
  to cater for people's caprices
• 人の癖を取る
  to hit one's tone
• 人気を取る
  to bid for popular favour
• 引けを取る
  to be unable to hold one's ground
• 日本は何国に封しても引けを取らぬ
  Japan can hold her own against any Power.
• 貸金を訴えて取る
  to sue for a debt―prosecute for a debt
• 訴えても取ってみせる
  I will have the law of him.

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〈熟語〉

用例

• 取って来る
  to go and fetch anything

• 帽子を取って来てくれ
  Fetch me my hat!
• 取りに行く
  to go for anything
• 一走り行って薬を取って来よう
  I will run for the medicine.
• 取りにやる
  to send for anything
• 薬を取りにやって下さい
  Please send for the medicine.
• 取りに来る
  to come for―call for―anything
• お薬はいつ取りに上がりましょうか
  When shall I call for the medicine?
• これは取りに来るまで留め置くのだ
  It is to be left till called for.
• その本を取って下さい
  Please give me that book!
• その皿を取ってくれ
  Hand me that plate!
• （食卓で）塩を取って下さい
  Pass me the salt.
• あの棚の上の本を取って下さい
  Will you reach me that book on the shelf?
• 取っておく
  to keep―hold―reserve―put aside―set apart―anything
• その金を（使はずに）取っておけ
  You must keep the money.
• その金を（返すことは無い）取っておけ
  You may keep the money.
• 半分売って半分とっておけ
  Sell half, and keep half!
• 小使が僕の傘を取っておいてくれた
  The servant has kept my umbrella for me.
• この室を取っておいて下さい
  Please keep this room for me!―hold this room for me!
• 品物を売らずに取っておいて相場の上がるのを待て
  Hold the goods for a rise.
• 君に仕事を取っておいた
  I have reserved a task for you.
• この品がご入用なら売らずに取っておきます
  If you want the article, I will put it aside for you.
• そのために金を取っておいた
  I have set apart a sum for the purpose.
• 芝居の席を取っておいた
  I have booked a place―taken a seat―in the theatre.
• 芝居で席を取っておいてくれた
  They have reserved a seat―kept a seat―for me.
• あんな者は取るに足らぬ
  Such men are unworthy of notice―beneath notice―beneath contempt.
• 取るものも取りあえず
  in haste―the first thing
• 取るものも取りあえず上京可仕候
  I shall hurry to town the first thing.
• 取る手遅しと手紙を開いて見た
  I cagerly opened the letter.
• 彼は固く執って動かぬ
  He stands firm in his opinion.
• 人の名を取って付ける
  to name a child after some one
• 外国では子どもに往々伯（叔）父さんの名を取って付ける
  In foreign countries, children are often named after their uncles.
• 日本の巡洋艦には山や河の名を取って付ける
  Japanese cruisers are named after mountains and rivers.
• 誰も取って食おうとは言わぬ
  I mean you no harm.

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