取り柄 – vocab dash

取とり柄え

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Meanings

Noun

1. worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature; saving grace

Other spellings

取とり得え取とり柄え取とり得え

Kanji used

取take 柄pattern

Kanji in other spellings

得gain

Pitch accent

とりえ

Composed of

取とり

taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

Noun

柄え

handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)

Noun

Examples8

天てん真しん爛らん漫まんなところが彼かれの唯ゆい一いつの取とり柄えだな。

Naivete is his only merit.

皆みなそれぞれ取とり柄えがある。

Each is good in its degree.

もし親しん切せつでなかったら、彼かれに取とり柄えがなくなる。

He is nothing, if not kind.

誠せい実じつさだけが彼かれの取とり柄えだね。

All he has going for him is his reliability.

僕ぼく、無む芸げい大たい食しょくで何なんの取とり柄えもないんです。

I'm afraid my greatest talent is for eating.

彼かれは何なんの取とり柄えもない。

He has no redeeming traits.