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取り組む (とりくむ): To tackle / work on — Japanese vocabulary

取り組む is read とりくむ and means "To tackle / work on". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

取り組む

Reading
とりくむ · torikumu
Translation
To tackle / work on
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
とりくむがとりくむが

Example

世界が一丸となって気候変動の問題に取り組む必要がある。

せかいがいちがんとなってきこうへんどうのもんだいにとりくむひつようがある。

The whole world needs to tackle the problem of climate change together.

Kanji in this word

  • 取 — Take, Fetch, Take Up
  • 組 — Association, Braid, Plait

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