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取れる
Meaning in Englishto come off, to be taken off
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What it means
取れる means 'to come off' or 'to be obtainable' depending on context. It is used for physical detachment as well as for abstract attainability, such as having time or being able to obtain something.
Main meanings
- Physical detachment: something that can detach or come off from another object.
- Availability/obtainability: time, money, opportunities, or resources that can be obtained or secured.
- Potential/ability: the capacity to take or obtain something, as in the verb's potential form.
How to use it
Used in casual to neutral contexts; mainly intransitive senses such as things detaching or becoming removable, and in expressions about having time or being able to obtain something; more formal usage often appears in written language for availability or potential meanings.
Variants and close terms
- 外れる (hazureru): to come off; similar physical detachment
- 得られる (erareru): to be obtainable, acquire
- 手に入る (te ni hairu): to be available/obtainable
Composition
- 取: to take, grab, or remove; core semantic field of taking
- れる: a suffix forming the intransitive/potential verb, indicating resultant state or ability
Etymology
Derived from 取る (to take) plus the auxiliary -れる forming the intransitive/potential sense.
Word class
verb (godan, intransitive) with potential meaning
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