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取り立てる (とりたてる): to collect, to extort — Japanese vocabulary

取り立てる is read とりたてる and means "to collect, to extort". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

取り立てる

Reading
とりたてる · toritateru
Translation
to collect, to extort
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
とりたてるがとりたてるが

Example

王は人民から税を厳しく取り立てた。

おうはじんみんからぜいをきびしくとりたてた。

The king exacted taxes from his people.

Kanji in this word

  • 取 — Take, Fetch, Take Up
  • 立 — stand

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