Word Meaning 写真を撮る

しゃしんをとる shashin o toru

写真を撮る is read as しゃしんをとる (shashin o toru) and means to take a picture.

Meaning

English

  1. to take a picture
  2. to take a photo

Reading

Kana

しゃしんをとる

Romaji

shashin o toru

Writing Variants

  • 写真をとる しゃしんをとる shashinotoru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 75427 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

写真撮影

しゃしんさつえい

photography

写真展

しゃしんてん

photo exhibition

写真投影法

しゃしんとうえいほう

photo projective method (esp. in psych.)

写真製版

しゃしんせいはん

photoengraving

写真結婚

しゃしんけっこん

marriage arranged after viewing photographs

写真等級

しゃしんとうきゅう

photographic magnitude

写真記憶

しゃしんきおく

photographic memory

写真帳

しゃしんちょう

photograph album

写真望遠鏡

しゃしんぼうえんきょう

photographic telescope

写真嫌い

しゃしんぎらい

cameraphobia

写真廃液

しゃしんはいえき

photographic processing waste water

写真班

しゃしんはん

(newspaper) cameramen

Example Sentences

10

We take photos with the trees in the background.

I'm fond of taking pictures.

Tom likes taking pictures.

Can you take a picture?

She's fond of taking pictures.

My hobby is taking pictures.

It's too dark to take pictures here.

It's OK to take a picture from outside.

This place is too shady for taking photos.

My brother loves taking pictures of mountains.