Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to pick up
2. to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take up (a topic, complaint, etc.); to listen to; to deal with; to treat; to report (news); to cover; to feature
3. to take away; to confiscate; to deprive (someone) of; to revoke; to disqualify; to cancel
4. to deliver (a baby)
5. to collect (taxes)
Kanji used
take
above
Pitch accent
りあげる
りあげ
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Composed of
taking; taker; 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
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
Examples (8 in total)
The policeman took the knife from the boy.
I hear you had your driver's license canceled.
The telephone rings. Susan picks it up.