執る|とるtoru[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
Conjugation
Dictionary form執る(とる)
Polite (masu)執ります(とります)
Negative (nai)執らない(とらない)
polite (masen)執りません(とりません)
classical zu / nu執らず・執らぬ(とらず・とらぬ)
Past (ta)執った(とった)
polite (mashita)執りました(とりました)
Past negative (nakatta)執らなかった(とらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)執りませんでした(とりませんでした)
Te form執って(とって)
Potential執れる(とれる)
Passive執られる(とられる)
Causative執らせる(とらせる)
Causative passive執らせられる・執らされる(とらせられる・とらされる)
Conditional (ba)執れば(とれば)
tara執ったら(とったら)
Volitional執ろう(とろう)
polite (mashou)執りましょう(とりましょう)
Imperative執れ(とれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym取るとるNeutralThe everyday, most common spelling of とる, for all kinds of taking and getting; 「執る」 is limited to presiding over affairs, commanding, taking up the pen, and the like.
  • Related得るえるNeutralFocuses on getting or achieving results and is common in both speech and writing; unlike 「執る」, which is about presiding over affairs.

Use 「執る」 for taking charge of or handling affairs and duties, commanding, or taking up the pen, as in 「指揮を執る」「筆を執る」「事務を執る」; for everyday taking and getting, use 「取る」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 面倒めんどうな仕事しごとや役目やくめを自分じぶんから引き受ひきうける。
  2. 中心ちゅうしんとなって物事ものごとを進すすめたり、指図さしずしたりする。
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