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JLPT N3 · Verb

取り上げる (toriageru)

取り上げる (とりあげる, toriageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to pick up”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
とりあげる
Romaji
toriageru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to pick up · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to accept; to listen to · ichidan verb, transitive · sometimes written as 採り上げる
  3. to take issue with; to make a problem of; to bring up (as a point of criticism) · ichidan verb, transitive
  4. to report (news); to cover; to feature · ichidan verb, transitive
  5. to take away; to confiscate; to deprive (someone) of; to revoke; to disqualify · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼女はガラスの花瓶を取り上げた。
She picked up one of the glass vases.
Tatoeba #93024
明日の会議では、新しい営業戦略を採り上げる予定です。
In tomorrow's meeting, we're planning to adopt a new marketing strategy.
Tatoeba #12308974
このブログは情報インフラを中心としたトピックを取り上げています。
This blog covers topics that centre on information infrastructure.
Tatoeba #74359

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 取り上げる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary取り上げるとりあげる toriageru
Polite (~masu)取り上げますとりあげます toriagemasu
Negative取り上げないとりあげない toriagenai
Polite negative取り上げませんとりあげません toriagemasen
Past取り上げたとりあげた toriageta
Polite past取り上げましたとりあげました toriagemashita
Negative past取り上げなかったとりあげなかった toriagenakatta
Te-form取り上げてとりあげて toriagete
Potential取り上げられるとりあげられる toriagerareru
Passive取り上げられるとりあげられる toriagerareru
Causative取り上げさせるとりあげさせる toriagesaseru
Volitional取り上げようとりあげよう toriageyou
Imperative取り上げろとりあげろ toriagero
Conditional (~ba)取り上げればとりあげれば toriagereba

Kanji in 取り上げる

取
take, fetch, take upシュ・と.る・と.り · 8 strokes
上
above, upジョウ・ショウ・うえ・-うえ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 取り上げる.

取るとるto take取り替えるとりかえるto exchange取れるとれるto come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.)受け取るうけとるto receive受取うけとりreceiving書取かきとりwriting down from other written material取り消すとりけすto cancel取り出すとりだすto take out取り入れるとりいれるto take in取扱とりあつかいtreatment取引とりひきtransactions取材しゅざいgathering material (for an article, novel, etc.)取締りとりしまりcontrol塵取りちりとりdustpan

Source: JMdict entry 1326800 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.