取り上げる

Meaning

1. v1vt
   to pick up
2. v1vt
   to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to accept; to listen to
3. v1vt
   to take issue with; to make a problem of; to bring up (as a point of criticism)
4. v1vt
   to report (news); to cover; to feature
5. v1vt
   to take away; to confiscate; to deprive (someone) of; to revoke; to disqualify; to cancel
6. v1vt
   to deliver (a baby)
7. v1vt
   to collect (taxes)

Example sentences

• 彼の評論は問題の表面的な分析結果を取り上げていただけだったのでクラスで最上位の成績を得たことにとても驚いた。

  His essay gave only a superficial analysis of the problem, so it was a real surprise to him when he got the highest grade in the class.

• このブログは情報インフラを中心としたトピックを取り上げています。

  This blog covers topics that centre on information infrastructure.

• 特に、調和平均の実際の使用例としては、「平均速度」が主に取り上げられ、説明がそこで終わってしまうのが通例である。

  In particular, it is customary for actual examples of use of the harmonic mean to generally cover "average speed," and explain no further than that.