取り立てる・取立てる|とりたてるtoritateru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
取り立てる取り立てる is the most common form and the recommended choice for learners; use it when writing this word.
取立てる取立てる is a less common written variant of 取り立てる. You may encounter it in writing, but learners should normally choose 取り立てる instead.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto collect (debts); to dun; to exact; to extort
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto appoint; to promote; to give patronage
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto emphasize; to focus on; to call attention to
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 取り立てる（とりたてる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 取り立てます（とりたてます） |
| Negative (nai) | 取り立てない（とりたてない） |
| polite (masen) | 取り立てません（とりたてません） |
| classical zu / nu | 取り立てず・取り立てぬ（とりたてず・とりたてぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 取り立てた（とりたてた） |
| polite (mashita) | 取り立てました（とりたてました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 取り立てなかった（とりたてなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 取り立てませんでした（とりたてませんでした） |
| Te form | 取り立てて（とりたてて） |
| Potential | 取り立てられる（とりたてられる） |
| Passive | 取り立てられる（とりたてられる） |
| Causative | 取り立てさせる（とりたてさせる） |
| Causative passive | 取り立てさせられる（とりたてさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 取り立てれば（とりたてれば） |
| tara | 取り立てたら（とりたてたら） |
| Volitional | 取り立てよう（とりたてよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 取り立てましょう（とりたてましょう） |
| Imperative | 取り立てろ（とりたてろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym徴収ちょうしゅうNeutralA noun for levying fees or taxes, as in 「税を徴収する」; lawful, formal collection.
- Synonym搾り取るしぼりとるNeutralSqueezes or exploits, draining the other party dry, as in 「税金を搾り取る」; 「取り立てる」 centers on collecting debts and can also mean promoting someone.
- Synonym絞り上げるしぼりあげるCasualColloquial: to squeeze or fleece someone hard, or to scold them severely, as in 「部下を絞り上げる」.
- Synonymゆすり取るゆすりとるNeutralExtorts money by blackmail, as in 「金をゆすり取る」; an illegal act, unlike lawful collection.
- SynonymゆするCasualColloquial, read 「ゆする」: to extort by playing on someone's weakness, as in 「弱みに付け込んで強請る」.
- SynonymせびるNeutralPesters someone for money, as in 「小遣いをせびる」; mostly used of asking family or relatives.
- Synonym強請きょうせいWrittenA noun for demanding something by force; written/formal prose, and rare.
- SynonymゆすりNeutralA noun for blackmail or extortion, as in 「ゆすりたかり」; a criminal act.
- Synonym脅し取るおどしとるNeutralTakes money by intimidation, as in 「金を脅し取る」; the emphasis is on the threats used.
- RelatedたかるNeutralRead 「あつまる」: to gather or flock together, also written 「集る」; far from the debt-collecting sense of 「取り立てる」.
- Related搾取さくしゅNeutralA noun for exploitation, as in 「労働者を搾取する」; mostly used in socioeconomic contexts.
- Antonym支払うしはらうNeutralTo pay, as in 「代金を支払う」; the opposite of 「取り立てる」 in its debt-collecting sense.
- Antonym返済するNeutralTo repay a debt, as in 「借金を返済する」; the counterpart of 「取り立てる」.
Use 「取り立てる」 for collecting debts, exacting payment, or promoting someone: 「借金を取り立てる」「部長に取り立てる」. Lawful taxation takes 「徴収」, extortion takes 「ゆする」, exploitation takes 「搾取」; the opposites are 「支払う」 and 「返済する」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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