撮ります（とります、torimasu）
- to take a picture

The Japanese verb 撮ります （とります） primarily means "to take" in the context of taking photographs, videos, or recordings. It can also refer to capturing or recording something, like a picture or a scene. It's about preserving a moment or image.

⚫︎写真を撮ります Translation: I take a photo/ I take pictures. ⚫︎ビデオを撮ります Translation: I record a video/ I take a video. ⚫︎映画を撮ります Translation: I film a movie/ I film a film.

You use 撮ります when you're physically taking a photo or video using a camera, phone, or other recording device. It's often used with objects that represent something being recorded, for instance: 写真 (picture/photo), ビデオ (video), or 映画 (movie). The object that is being "taken" always requires the particle を.

The word is typically written: ⚫︎In hiragana: とります ⚫︎In kanji: 撮ります The okurigana (the suffix hiragana) is always ります when using the dictionary form or the polite form.

⚫︎撮影（さつえい）します: This is a more formal way of saying "to film/take a photo." The verb 撮影する can be used interchangeably with 撮ります. ⚫︎写す（うつす）: This means "to copy" or "to photograph", also commonly used.

There aren't direct antonyms, but you can think of things like: ⚫︎消す（けす）: to erase or delete (a photo or video) ⚫︎捨てる（すてる）: to throw away (a photo or video)

旅行（りょこう）の時（とき）に、たくさん写真を撮ります。 ・Translation: I take many photos when I travel. ・Explanation: This sentence describes taking a lot of pictures during a trip, showing how 撮ります is used in a common situation.

友達（ともだち）が誕生日（たんじょうび）のケーキのビデオを撮りました。 ・Translation: My friend took a video of the birthday cake. ・Explanation: This sentence uses the past tense of 撮ります to describe an action that has already happened.

The kanji 撮 combines the radical "手" (て - hand) with the phonetic "最" (さい - most). This suggests the action is to grab or take something quickly. The verb derives from the meaning of using your hand to take something or grab something by means of a camera.