Illustration: At the entrance of a Japanese home, a shy child holds a small handmade cloth rabbit behind their back while looking toward an older cousin who is putting on shoes to leave. The child leans forward but cannot quite approach. Their grandmother notices both the hidden gift and the child's fixed gaze.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

汲くみ取とる

kumitoru

to grasp, to understand

Often used for someone’s feelings or intentions. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 戦国大名せんごくだいみょうによる領国支配りょうごくしはいは決けっして専制的せんせいてきなものではなく、家臣団かしんだんの衆議しゅうぎ・意向いこうを汲くみ取とっていた。

    The control that the daimyo in the Sengoku Period extended over their territories was definitely not autocratic; instead, it was premised on the approval and inclinations of their group of retainers.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. また永倉ながくらの深意しんいを汲くみ取とり、退どこうとしたところを三浦常三郎みうらつねさぶろうに後うしろから斬きられた。

    Also, it is said that he was cut down from behind by Tsunesaburo MIURA when he understood Nagakura’s intention and tried to leave.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 相手あいての気持きもちを汲くみ取とって、言いい方かたを変かえました。

    I sensed how they felt and changed how I phrased it.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 汲取

  • 汲draw (water); ladleOnキュウKunくむ
  • 取takeOnシュKunとる・とり・とり-

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