Ichidan verb, transitive verb

  1. to pick up.
  2. to adopt (a proposal), to take up (a topic), to accept, to listen to. 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).
  4. to report (news), to cover, to feature.
  5. to take away, to confiscate, to deprive (someone) of, to revoke, to disqualify, to cancel.
  6. to deliver (a baby).
  7. to collect (taxes).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
取り上げる とりあげる
 
 
 
採り上げる とりあげる
 
 
 
 
取りあげる とりあげる
 
 
取上げる とりあげる
 
 
 
 
とり上げる とりあげる
 
 
 
 
採りあげる とりあげる
 
 
採上げる とりあげる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

take, fetch, take up
と.る シュ とり (3rd, N3)
ear
みみ ジ がみ (1st, N3)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
above, up
ジョウ うえ あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)