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.
Bad drivers should have their licenses taken away from them.
He took up the receiver and dialed.
You have no right to take it away from Tom.
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