きょりをとる – Vocabulary details

きょりをとる

Expression

Verb (5-dan, る)

1. to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

ただ、彼かの女じょはできれば距きょ離りを取とりたい相あい手てだ。However, if possible, she is someone I want to keep at a distance.

distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

一いっ旦たん、きょりをとるわ。

I'm going to distance myself for now.

きょりをとって戦たたかうべきだ。

We should fight by keeping our distance.

きょりをとってから、再さい度ど攻こう勢せいに出でる。

Put some distance between us, then go on the offensive again.

生いき残のこるには、なんとしてもきょりをとらねばなりません。

To survive, we must keep our distance at all costs.

ただ、彼かの女じょはできればきょりをとりたい相あい手てだ。

However, if possible, she is someone I want to keep at a distance.

数すう合ごうの攻こう防ぼうの後あと、二ふた人りともきょりをとった。

After a few exchanges of blows, the two of them backed away from each other.

彼かれはわざわざきょりをとり、大おおきな予よ備び動どう作さを入いれた。

He deliberately put some distance between us and made a big wind-up.

jpdb beta