持ち出す

持(も)ち (mochi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 持(も)つ (motsu, “to hold”)) + 出(だ)す (dasu, “to take out, to get out”)

• (Tokyo) もちだす [mòchídású] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) もちだす [mòchídáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞t͡ɕida̠sɨ]

持(も)ち出(だ)す • (mochidasu) transitive godan (stem 持(も)ち出(だ)し (mochidashi), past 持(も)ち出(だ)した (mochidashita))

1. to take out, to pull out, to bring out, to withdraw
   • 2024 December 18, 上村英明, quotee, “第216回国会　衆議院　内閣委員会　第4号　令和6年12月18日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館, retrieved 7 January 2026:

     今、我々が誰かの墓を勝手に掘って遺骨を持ち出したら、これは犯罪です。

     Ima, wareware ga dare ka no haka o katte ni hotte ikotsu o mochidashita-ra, kore wa hanzai desu.

     Now, if we were to dig up someone's grave and remove their remains, that would be a crime.

2. to present, to bring up (a topic)