I used the term "compound verbs" cause I'm not sure what else to call them.
What I'm referring to are verbs like 飛び込む and 取り上げる that are made up of two verbs put together. The 〜込む and 取り〜 combinations are pretty common.
The meaning of some of them, like 飛び込む (jump in/dive), is pretty apparent but in other cases it's not.
I had a hard time remembering 取り上げる, mainly its meaning of "disqualify" or "confiscate", until I thought about someone having their license taken away and pictured the police person or official TAKING it and RAISING it above their head, out of reach.
This helped me associate the meaning of the whole verb with the individual meaning of each verb used.

Does anyone have any other methods for getting these verbs to stick?
Or how to decipher the meaning of a compound verb you've never seen before but are familiar with each of its parts?

This question didn't get much response last time around, alas. Maybe you'll be luckier...

pm215 Wrote:This question didn't get much response last time around, alas. Maybe you'll be luckier...

That's too bad..
Thanks for the info.

Treat them as one verb and learn them like everything else.

I know for me that going through the appendix which lists common compound verb endings (Appendix 2) in the back of A Dictionary of Intermediate Grammar really helped.

Yeah I think I just usually do what Ryuujin27 said.

Also, 込む is kind of like a primitive/radical. ;p