やり取り (Yaritori): Giving and Taking, Exchange (of Letters)

Meaning

English

giving and taking
exchange (of letters)
arguing back and forth
(conversational) exchange

Reading

Kana

やりとり

Romaji

yaritori

Writing Variants

遣り取り やりとり yaritori

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 11402 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

受け取り

うけとり

receiving

書き取り

かきとり

transcription (of spoken material)

段取り

だんどり

programme

聞き取り

ききとり

listening comprehension

横取り

よこどり

snatching

切り取り

きりとり

cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.)

日取り

ひどり

fixed date

ちり取り

ちりとり

dustpan

手取り

てとり

talented wrestler

足取り

あしどり

trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal)

引き取り

ひきとり

leaving

間取り

まどり

layout (of a house or apartment)

Example Sentences

2

トムとメアリーは毎日200通以上の携帯メールをやり取りしている。

Tom and Mary exchange more than 200 text messages every day.

目の前で繰り広げられるやり取りは、俺が入り込む隙なんて一ミリもない。

The exchange unfolding in front of my eyes had not a single millimetre of a gap in which for me to slip.