取得|しゅとくshutoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbobtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 取得する（しゅとくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 取得します（しゅとくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 取得しない（しゅとくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 取得しません（しゅとくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 取得せず・取得せぬ（しゅとくせず・しゅとくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 取得した（しゅとくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 取得しました（しゅとくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 取得しなかった（しゅとくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 取得しませんでした（しゅとくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 取得して（しゅとくして） |
| Potential | 取得できる（しゅとくできる） |
| Passive | 取得される（しゅとくされる） |
| Causative | 取得させる（しゅとくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 取得させられる（しゅとくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 取得すれば（しゅとくすれば） |
| tara | 取得したら（しゅとくしたら） |
| Volitional | 取得しよう（しゅとくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 取得しましょう（しゅとくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 取得しろ（しゅとくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym獲得かくとくNeutralEmphasizes gaining something through effort — medals, votes, support. 「取得」 is the formal word for officially acquiring qualifications, rights or property.
- Synonym入手にゅうしゅNeutralGetting hold of things — typically items, information or tickets. 「取得」 leans toward qualifications, licenses and rights and sounds more formal.
- Synonym手に入れるてにいれるNeutralColloquial, everyday phrase for getting things in general. 「取得」 is more formal and pairs with words like qualifications, permits and rights.
- Synonym収得しゅうとくWrittenClose in meaning to 「取得」 but rarely used; in everyday Japanese say 「取得」, or 「入手」/「手に入れる」 depending on what you got.
- Synonym勝ち取るかちとるNeutralA verb for winning something through competition or struggle, as in 「勝利を勝ち取る」; 「取得」 does not emphasize competition.
- Related確保かくほNeutralMeans securing something and holding on to it, or ensuring a state, as in 「人材を確保」 and 「安全を確保」; 「取得」 only covers the act of acquiring.
- Related購入こうにゅうNeutralLimited to buying with money. 「取得」 covers any means of gaining — by exam, by inheritance and so on — not just purchase.
- Related調達ちょうたつWrittenWritten/formal prose: raising or procuring funds, goods or staff for a purpose, as in 「資金調達」; 「取得」 has no sense of sourcing or raising.
- Related購買こうばいWrittenWritten/formal prose for buying, mostly in set phrases like 「購買力」 and 「購買意欲」; also means a school co-op store. 「取得」 is not limited to buying.
- Antonym喪失そうしつWrittenWritten/formal prose. The direct opposite of 「取得」: losing rights, qualifications, memory and so on, as in 「資格喪失」.
- Antonym放棄ほうきNeutralActively giving up rights or qualifications, as in 「権利放棄」; it stands opposite to 「取得」 as giving up versus gaining.
Default to 「取得」 for qualifications, rights and property. For things won through effort use 「獲得」; for goods or information use 「入手」 or the colloquial 「手に入れる」; for buying, 「購入」. 「確保」 adds the nuance of securing and holding on; 「勝ち取る」 stresses winning in a contest. 「喪失」 and 「放棄」 are the opposites.
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