汲み取る・酌み取る|くみとるkumitoru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
汲み取る汲み取る is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners. Use 汲み取る when writing this word.
酌み取る酌み取る is rarely used, although it is written with kanji and kana. Recognize it as an uncommon alternative, but choose 汲み取る instead.
Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to pump out
- godan verb, transitive verbto understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise; to take into consideration
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 汲み取る（くみとる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 汲み取ります（くみとります） |
| Negative (nai) | 汲み取らない（くみとらない） |
| polite (masen) | 汲み取りません（くみとりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 汲み取らず・汲み取らぬ（くみとらず・くみとらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 汲み取った（くみとった） |
| polite (mashita) | 汲み取りました（くみとりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 汲み取らなかった（くみとらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 汲み取りませんでした（くみとりませんでした） |
| Te form | 汲み取って（くみとって） |
| Potential | 汲み取れる（くみとれる） |
| Passive | 汲み取られる（くみとられる） |
| Causative | 汲み取らせる（くみとらせる） |
| Causative passive | 汲み取らせられる・汲み取らされる（くみとらせられる・くみとらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 汲み取れば（くみとれば） |
| tara | 汲み取ったら（くみとったら） |
| Volitional | 汲み取ろう（くみとろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 汲み取りましょう（くみとりましょう） |
| Imperative | 汲み取れ（くみとれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymすくうNeutralScoops liquid or powder up from below with a hand or ladle; it lacks the sense of sensing someone's feelings or intentions that 「汲み取る」 carries.
- Synonym汲むくむNeutralMeans drawing water or pouring sake, and also considering someone's feelings, as in 「意を汲む」.
- Synonymすくい上げるすくいあげるNeutralScoops or lifts something up, stressing the upward motion; figuratively it can mean picking up opinions, as in 「声をすくい上げる」.
- Synonym汲み上げるくみあげるNeutralDraws water up, stressing raising it to the top; figuratively it means drawing on opinions from below, such as from subordinates or the public.
- Synonymすくい取るすくいとるNeutralScoops something out with a spoon or the palm; figuratively it means picking one thing out from among many.
- RelatedわかるCasualThe most common everyday word for simply understanding or knowing something; it carries no nuance of fathoming another's mind.
- Related了解りょうかいNeutralUnderstanding and accepting something; used in both speech and writing, and as a reply like 「了解しました」. It does not stress reading feelings.
- Related読み取るよみとるNeutralReads meaning out of written text or from a person's expression; it stresses decoding what is written or shown.
- Related見破るみやぶるNeutralSees through lies, plots and deceptions; it carries an adversarial edge, pitting you against someone hiding the truth.
- Related飲み込むのみこむCasualColloquial; means catching on or getting the gist of something, as in 「事情を飲み込む」.
- Related納得なっとくNeutralBeing convinced and accepting a reason or explanation as reasonable; it is about consent, not fathoming another's mind.
- Related把握はあくWrittenFormal, written word for getting a full grasp of a situation, as in 「状況を把握する」.
- Related捉えるとらえるNeutralCatches or seizes things, literally or figuratively; it stresses capturing key points or features.
- Related解するかいするWrittenWritten word for understanding or interpreting, as in 「冗談を解する」.
- Related会得えとくWrittenWritten word for fully grasping something and making it your own.
- Related読解どっかいWrittenWritten word for reading comprehension — understanding the content of a text.
- RelatedつかむNeutralGrips something firmly in the hand; figuratively it means seizing key points or opportunities.
- Related噛み分けるかみわけるNeutralTastes and tells things apart; figuratively it means judging life's ups and downs through experience, as in 「酸いも甘いも噛み分ける」.
- Related嗅ぎ分けるかぎわけるNeutralTells things apart by smell; figuratively it picks out one item from many. It is not about sensing someone's feelings.
- Related解すげすWrittenWritten word for understanding; it mostly appears in the negative, as 「解せない」, for something you cannot make sense of.
- Related掴み取るつかみとるNeutralGrabs and wrests something into one's possession, stressing the effort to obtain it.
- Related看破かんぱWrittenWritten word for seeing through the truth or someone's hidden side.
- Related了するりょうするFormalFormal and rare; means understanding something or bringing it to completion.
- Antonym注ぐそそぐNeutralPours liquid in or onto something — the opposite direction from 「汲み取る」, which draws liquid out.
Use 「汲み取る」 for drawing or scooping up water and for sensing someone's feelings or intentions, as in 「気持ちを汲み取る」 and 「意図を汲み取る」. For plain understanding, pick 「分かる」; to read meaning out of text or expressions, pick 「読み取る」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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