刈り取る・刈取る|かりとるkaritoru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
刈り取る刈り取る is the more common written form and the recommended choice for beginners when they are deciding which spelling to use.
刈取る刈取る is a less common written variant of 刈り取る; learners should generally choose 刈り取る instead.
Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto mow; to reap; to harvest
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 刈り取る（かりとる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 刈り取ります（かりとります） |
| Negative (nai) | 刈り取らない（かりとらない） |
| polite (masen) | 刈り取りません（かりとりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 刈り取らず・刈り取らぬ（かりとらず・かりとらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 刈り取った（かりとった） |
| polite (mashita) | 刈り取りました（かりとりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 刈り取らなかった（かりとらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 刈り取りませんでした（かりとりませんでした） |
| Te form | 刈り取って（かりとって） |
| Potential | 刈り取れる（かりとれる） |
| Passive | 刈り取られる（かりとられる） |
| Causative | 刈り取らせる（かりとらせる） |
| Causative passive | 刈り取らせられる・刈り取らされる（かりとらせられる・かりとらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 刈り取れば（かりとれば） |
| tara | 刈り取ったら（かりとったら） |
| Volitional | 刈り取ろう（かりとろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 刈り取りましょう（かりとりましょう） |
| Imperative | 刈り取れ（かりとれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym取り入れるとりいれるNeutralWider in scope than 「刈り取る」: to take in or adopt, as in 「意見を取り入れる」, and also to harvest crops.
- Synonym収穫しゅうかくNeutralHarvesting crops, as in 「米の収穫」; also figuratively for the fruits or gains of one's efforts.
- Synonym刈り入れかりいれWrittenWritten/formal noun for the harvesting of rice and wheat, as in 「刈り入れの時期」; 「刈り取る」 is the verb.
- Synonym刈り入れるかりいれるWrittenWritten/formal word for harvesting and gathering grain or vegetables from fields; rare and farm-oriented, while 「刈り取る」 stresses the cutting itself.
- Related刈り込むかりこむNeutralTo trim or clip neatly, as in 「生け垣を刈り込む」; mainly about shaping and tidying plants, though it can also mean reaping a crop and storing it.
- Related摘み取るつみとるNeutralTo pluck off with the fingers, as in 「芽を摘み取る」; also figuratively to nip something in the bud.
- Antonym植えるうえるNeutralTo plant; the opposite of 「刈り取る」, which is about harvesting.
- AntonymまくNeutralTo sow seed; the opposite of 「刈り取る」, which is about harvesting.
Use 「刈り取る」 for cutting grass or crops at the base, as in 「稲を刈り取る」. For the harvest itself say 「収穫」; for trimming 「刈り込む」; for picking by hand 「摘み取る」; for planting 「植える」 and sowing 「蒔く」. 「取り入れる」 is broader; 「刈り入れる」 and 「刈り入れ」 are written-style.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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