Word Meaning 揚げ足を取る

あげあしをとる ageashi o toru

揚げ足を取る is read as あげあしをとる (ageashi o toru) and means to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake.

Meaning

English

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake
to trip someone up
to find fault with something someone says

Reading

Kana

あげあしをとる

Romaji

ageashi o toru

Writing Variants

揚げ足をとる あげあしをとる ageashiotoru

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb ✓ Rank 76827 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

揚げ足取り

あげあしとり

faultfinding

揚げ足

あげあし

sitting cross-legged

肩揚げが取れる

かたあげがとれる

to come of age

肩揚げも取れる

かたあげもとれる

to come of age

足を取られる

あしをとられる

to be too drunk to stand

足取り

あしどり

trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal)

足取表

あしどりひょう

chart

手取り足取り

てとりあしとり

attentively

足取り

あしとり

downing an opponent by grabbing his leg

取るに足らない

とるにたらない

insignificant

取るに足りない

とるにたりない

of little importance

揚げる

あげる

(of the tide) to come in

Example Sentences

彼はすぐ人の揚げ足を取る。

He is a captious man.

人の揚げ足を取るばかりじゃなく、もっと建設的な意見を言ってくれないかな。

All you ever do is nitpick. I wish you could say something more constructive.