take a picture

Verb

idiomatic informal

Japanese Meaning

写真を撮る / 見つめ行為を戒める皮肉表現（じろじろ見るな、凝視するな）

Before the sun set, she asked me to take a picture of the old lighthouse.

日が沈む前に、彼女は私にその古い灯台の写真を撮るよう頼んだ。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) To photographically capture an image

I took a picture of my family.

Sense（2）

takes a picture

（ present singular third-person ）

taking a picture

（ participle present ）

took a picture

（ past ）

taken a picture

（ participle past ）