take up
tsuku
meaning: take up
state
feeling
direction
examples
来月から新しい役職に就くんだ。
raigetsu kara atarashii yakushoku ni tsuku n da.
I'm taking up a new post from next month. casual
彼は三十代で社長の職に就きました。
kare wa sanjuudai de shachou no shoku ni tsukimashita.
He took up the post of president in his thirties. neutral