Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Issekinichou - two birds with one stone - is what today’s Japanese Culture Class accomplishes! In this lesson, we talk a bit about Halloween, which is coming up on the 31st, and then we present Bunka no Hi, or National Culture Day. In addition, tonight is the Halloween party at Ageha that has been mentioned a few times previously, and a few cast members will be meeting at Shibuya’s famous Hachiko at 9 pm. Visit JapanesePod101.com and check the comments for details!
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Mina-san, we hope you have a great weekend wherever you are! If anyone is off to Ageha, we’ll be there around 11 or 12. Yoshi will be the pigeon and Peter the beard girl?
If anyone is off to Ageha, we’ll be there around 11 or 12.
Anyone here willing to give me a ride there?
Lizさん、
Please pardon the correction.
しゃっしん
I think should be
しゃしん
じゃ また
ジョン
So, the meaning of とって is “to take (as in pictures)?” I don’t see that in the dictionary, but I’ll believe you. Was this covered in any of the jPod lessons?
Good Culture Class today. The fact that you’re already at #29 speaks to how much culture Japan has. It’s really cool; probably what I like the most about the country.
Have fun at that Halloween party, and enjoy some time off work! But make sure to take pictures.
Matt:
写真を撮る “shashin wo toru” = “to take pictures” (i.e. “push the button and take a picture”)
写真を取る “shashin wo toru” = “to take pictures” (i.e. “to take a developed photograph into your hand”)
写真を盗る “shashin wo toru” = “to take picture” (i.e. to steal someone’s pictures)
And so on. Kanji makes the difference.
Rene-san, I hadn’t noticed the different Kanji’s for ‘toru’ either. I know 取る but better learn 撮る as well. Perhaps 盗る can wait a bit
There’s quite a few others (looking at all the choices IME gives). It’s amazing how many different nuances there are.
採る = to adopt (a measure), to pick (fruit), to assume (attitude)
捕る = to take, to catch (fish), to capture
穫る = to harvest, to reap (I think, a bit obscure - probably can skip this one as 取る also can mean ‘to harvest’)
執る = to take (trouble), to attend to (business), to command (army)
獲る = to get, to obtain, to gain, to acquire, to win, to catch
録る = to record (audio, video etc.)
I wonder if 録る is pretty common too.
Reneさん、
Thank you for this comparison. Very interesting. I know all those kanji but I would never have been able to put them into this context.
じゃ また
ジョン
Thanks for the responses. I made the same mistake I always do of looking up the conjegated verb, and not the aptly named dictionary form.
That’s really interesting. So, if I understand correctly, when Japanese say ”ぼくのしゃしんおとりました” it could be interpretted as either “I was photographed” or “My pictures were stolen,” just like the English “he took my pictures.”
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