手に入れる|てにいれるteniireru[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. expression, ichidan verbto obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
    どうやってそのお金かねを手てに入いれたんですか。↗
    How did you come by the money?
Conjugation
Dictionary form手に入れる(てにいれる)
Polite (masu)手に入れます(てにいれます)
Negative (nai)手に入れない(てにいれない)
polite (masen)手に入れません(てにいれません)
classical zu / nu手に入れず・手に入れぬ(てにいれず・てにいれぬ)
Past (ta)手に入れた(てにいれた)
polite (mashita)手に入れました(てにいれました)
Past negative (nakatta)手に入れなかった(てにいれなかった)
polite (masen deshita)手に入れませんでした(てにいれませんでした)
Te form手に入れて(てにいれて)
Potential手に入れられる(てにいれられる)
Passive手に入れられる(てにいれられる)
Causative手に入れさせる(てにいれさせる)
Causative passive手に入れさせられる(てにいれさせられる)
Conditional (ba)手に入れれば(てにいれれば)
tara手に入れたら(てにいれたら)
Volitional手に入れよう(てにいれよう)
polite (mashou)手に入れましょう(てにいれましょう)
Imperative手に入れろ(てにいれろ)

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

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive手に入れるてにいれる⇄intransitive手に入るてにはいる
チケットが手てに入はいる
手に入る describes something becoming available or coming into one's possession without focusing on an agent, while 手に入れる highlights the deliberate action of obtaining it.

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Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym取得しゅとくNeutralA noun for a merit or good point, not the act of obtaining. Even when written 「取得」 it reads とりえ; only 「取得」 read しゅとく means to obtain.
  • Synonym入手にゅうしゅNeutralNoun (takes する) for getting or buying something, as in 「情報を入手する」; leans written, so it is less at home in casual talk than 「手に入れる」.
  • Related収得しゅうとくWrittenWritten, technical word for obtaining something; rare, and mostly confined to legal or accounting contexts, so it does not replace 「手に入れる」 in everyday speech.
  • Antonym手放すてばなすNeutralThe opposite of 「手に入れる」: to let go of or part with something you have, whether by releasing it, selling it or sending it away.
  • Antonym失ううしなうNeutralThe other antonym: to lose what you had, miss a chance or be bereaved of a loved one — the reverse of obtaining something with 「手に入れる」.

Default to 「手に入れる」 for getting something, whether by effort or by chance, as in 「チケットを手に入れる」. In written prose use 「入手する」 instead, and when the thing simply comes to hand, switch to the intransitive 「手に入る」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 自分じぶんの物ものとする。
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