取どり
Meanings
Suffix
1. samurai receiving this much rice as a fee
after a quantity
2. offering of rice cake containing this much rice
3. person receiving this amount of money as a salary
Kanji used
take
Used in vocabulary (65 in total)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
programme; program; plans; arrangements
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
fixed date; appointed day
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
hemming; bordering
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
winner-takes-all (system); taking everything (esp. winnings)
after tax income; net income
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
randori (freestyle judo training)
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
cutting; tearing off; cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; robbery with assault; burglary
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
shading; (colour) gradation; kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
trade-in; part exchange
grabbing a handful (of); grabbing as much as one can in one handful; catching with one's hands
making a mold; taking a (dental) impression
laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden); layout; taking space; obtaining land; training done in one's own stable; (police) legwork
picking and choosing
fork (e.g. in chess or shogi); situation in which two (or more) pieces are attacked at the same time
side pawn capture (opening)
grabbing a handful (of); grabbing as much as one can in one handful; catching with one's hands
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
picking and choosing
grade; class; quality; unit; digit; positioning of decimal point
entering the service of a daimyo
person in charge of beheading (concluding a seppuku); executioner; person in charge of beheading; rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
getting something for nothing
grabbing a handful (of); grabbing as much as one can in one handful; catching with one's hands
sharing; division
cutting; tearing off; cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; robbery with assault; burglary
getting something for nothing
monopolizing; monopolising; monopolization; monopolisation
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
shading; (colour) gradation; kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
sketching; drawing a plan; sketch
adaptation of a famous poem
buying (valuable) secondhand books cheaply and reselling them at a higher price
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
ship-to-ship cargo transfer; off-shore delivery (into smaller boats)
audio recording; sound recording
worst of both worlds
worst of both worlds
to become a mistress; to serve as a concubine; to serve one's master
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
shading; (colour) gradation; kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
getting something for nothing
worst of both worlds
to become a mistress; to serve as a concubine; to serve one's master
rear toe pick
rear toe pick
lively or quick witted person
picking young fruit or vegetables
borrowing without returning
buying items from the front of the shelf (i.e. with an earlier expiration date)