I Love Kanji取り立てる (toritateru)
取り立てる (とりたてる, toritateru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to collect (debts); to dun”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- とりたてる
- Romaji
- toritateru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to collect (debts); to dun; to exact; to extort · ichidan verb, transitive
- to appoint; to promote; to give patronage · ichidan verb, transitive
- to emphasize; to focus on; to call attention to · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 取り立てる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 取り立てる | とりたてる toritateru |
| Polite (~masu) | 取り立てます | とりたてます toritatemasu |
| Negative | 取り立てない | とりたてない toritatenai |
| Polite negative | 取り立てません | とりたてません toritatemasen |
| Past | 取り立てた | とりたてた toritateta |
| Polite past | 取り立てました | とりたてました toritatemashita |
| Negative past | 取り立てなかった | とりたてなかった toritatenakatta |
| Te-form | 取り立てて | とりたてて toritatete |
| Potential | 取り立てられる | とりたてられる toritaterareru |
| Passive | 取り立てられる | とりたてられる toritaterareru |
| Causative | 取り立てさせる | とりたてさせる toritatesaseru |
| Volitional | 取り立てよう | とりたてよう toritateyou |
| Imperative | 取り立てろ | とりたてろ toritatero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 取り立てれば | とりたてれば toritatereba |
Kanji in 取り立てる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 取り立てる.
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取り上げるとりあげるto pick up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
Source: JMdict entry 1326960 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.