To Acquire
To Gain, To Obtain
transitive verb, ichidan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means acquire so the verb vocab version is to acquire.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: You need to acquire an elephant (え) for your elephant collection. If you don't acquire an elephant, you'll look like an idiot in front of your elephant collecting friends.
コウイチは全てを失ってしまったが、ビエトという親友を得ることができた。
Although Koichi lost everything, he was able to gain a best friend in Viet.
人の信らいを得るのは容易なことではない。
It's not easy to obtain one's trust.
日本で英語を教えるという経験から、たくさんのことが得られました。
I got a lot out of my experience teaching English in Japan.