採る

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Spelling: 採る. Reading: とる. Core meaning: to adopt; to collect.
• Basic usage: Representative examples: 委員会は安全性を優先する方法を採ることにした / 研究員が川の上流で水の試料を採った.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Adopting and collecting
  • Use 方法を採る for adopting a method and 試料を採る for collecting a sample. Compared with the broad verb 取る, this spelling makes the sense of selection or collection explicit.