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引き取る

ひきとる

to take charge of, to take back

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Examples

  1. 荷物を引き取った。

    にもつをひきとった。

    I collected the luggage.

  2. 不良品は責任を持って引き取ります。

    ふりょうひんはせきにんをもってひきとります。

    We will take back defective items at our own responsibility.

  3. その子は祖母が引き取って育てた。

    そのこはそぼがひきとってそだてた。

    The grandmother took the child in and raised him.

  4. 本日はこれでお引き取りください。

    ほんじつはこれでおひきとりください。

    Please leave for today.

Common patterns

荷物を引き取る
to pick up one's luggage
子どもを引き取る
to take a child into one's care
お引き取りください
please leave (formal)

Memory tip

Wide range: collecting goods, taking a person into your care, and — in お引き取りください — a chilly formal way of telling someone to go home. 息を引き取る is a separate set phrase meaning to pass away.

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