挙あげる
Meanings
Auxiliary verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to give (an example); to list; to enumerate; to show; to display; to cite
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
2. to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather
3. to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to seize; to apprehend
4. to nominate (e.g. for a position); to recommend; to propose (something)
5. to hold (an event, ceremony, etc.); to conduct (a wedding)
6. to raise (an army); to take up arms (against something); to rise up
7. to make known; to inform; to spread word; to win fame
8. to have (a child); to bear (a child); to raise (children)
9. to raise; to elevate
10. to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice)
11. to earn (something desirable); to achieve (e.g. a good result); to obtain
Kanji used
raise and present
Pitch accent
あ
げる
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Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to hold a ceremony
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort
Examples (9 in total)
Raise your right hand.
I held a wedding ceremony last month.
I'm having a wedding in a month.
Such international cooperation produced great results.
Can you name any plants peculiar to Japan?
He held up his hands in token of surrender.
What did you particularly like about this class?
The police told Tom to come out of the house with his hands up.
Name three types of bread.