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?

Yoshi-san, watch out for pelicans.

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

ジョンさん
どうも！

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.

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.

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.”