taking
取る
解説 Definition
taking は take（取る）の現在分詞・動名詞です。「取っている」「取ること」を表し、物を手に取る場面などで使います。
The present participle and gerund of take, used here for the action of getting, holding, or removing an object with the hand. It can describe an action in progress or treat that action as an activity.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
taking は take の現在分詞・動名詞です。語末の発音しない e を取って -ing を付け、子音は重ねません。take a cup「カップを取る」を進行形にすると be taking a cup「カップを取っている」。動名詞なら「取ること」と捉え、物を手元へ移す場面と結びつけて覚えます。
Taking comes from take by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing; the consonant k is not doubled. Connect take a cup with is taking a cup: the first names the action, while the second shows it in progress. As a gerund, taking can make the same action function like a noun, meaning “the act of taking.” Picture a hand moving a book or cup from its original place. That concrete movement helps anchor the specific sense used here.
例文
He is taking a cup.
彼はカップを取っています。
She is taking a book from the shelf.
彼女は棚から本を取っています。
The child is taking a cookie.
その子どもはクッキーを取っています。
taking の類義語・関連語
taking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 tacan（取る、つかむ）の現在分詞形で、古ノルド語 taka から借用された。元のゲルマン語根は「手で触れる、つかむ」の意。英語本来の niman を置き換えた。関連語: take（取る）、mistake（mis-＋take＝誤って取る→間違い）。
Taking is the -ing form of take. English take was borrowed in late Old English from Old Norse taka, meaning “to take, grasp, or seize,” and gradually displaced the native verb niman. The modern form is made by removing take’s final silent e and adding -ing. Words such as mistake also contain take, although their modern meanings have developed beyond the literal idea of grasping something.
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