take up

動詞句動詞

To lift; to raise.

To pick up.他動詞
To remove (a ground or floor surface, including the bed of a road or the track of a railway).他動詞
To absorb (a liquid), to soak up.他動詞
To shorten (a garment), especially by hemming.他動詞
To tighten or wind in (a rope, slack, etc.)他動詞

To set about doing or dealing with (something).

To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis.他動詞
To begin functioning in (a role or position), to assume (an office).他動詞
To address or discuss (an issue).他動詞
To accept, to adopt (a proposal, offer, request, cause, challenge, etc.).他動詞
To accept (a proposal, offer, request, cause, challenge, etc.) from.他動詞
To join in (saying something).他動詞
To resume, to return to something that was interrupted.自他両用, 他動詞
To implement, to employ, to put into use.他動詞
To review the solutions to a test or other assessment with a class.Canada, 他動詞
To begin occupying and working (a plot of uncultivated land), to break in.オーストラリア, ニュージーランド, 他動詞
To pay off, to clear (a debt, loan, mortgage, etc.).英国, 他動詞

To reprove or reproach (a person).他動詞
To begin to support or patronize, to sponsor (a person), to adopt as protégé.他動詞

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The neighbors took turns sitting up with him.

近所の人々が彼とともに、交替で夜を明かした。

With teaching and studying, my time is taken up.

教えることやら研究やらで自分の時間がない。