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    3. 揚

    揚

    揚あ.げる

    raise

    N1KMT8Freq #1316Core ConceptsKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    あ.げる-あ.げあ.がる

    On'yomi

    ヨウ

    Nanori

    あがり

    raiseelevatehoistpraiseextolfry in deep fat

    扌昜

    扌
    手
    日
    一
    勹

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    Alternative forms of this concept

    扌

    Concepts using this kanji

    浮揚

    floating (e.g. in air, water)

    高揚

    elevation (of spirits)

    旗揚げ

    raising an army

    水揚げ

    landing

    揚げ

    deep-frying

    掲揚

    hoisting (e.g. a flag)

    陸揚げ

    unloading (a ship)

    揚げ物

    deep-fried food

    引揚者

    returnee (esp. Japanese person repatriated to Japan proper from its former colonies after WWII)

    揚力

    dynamic lift

    荷揚げ

    unloading

    唐揚げ

    deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch

    内揚げ

    inner pleat

    気分高揚

    feeling exhilarated

    意気揚々

    triumphant

    意気が揚がる

    to be in high spirits

    揚げ出し

    lightly deep-fried (food, esp. tofu)

    油揚げ

    abura-age

    小揚げ

    unloading a barge

    揚言

    opening declaration

    揚水機

    water pump

    入り揚げる

    to lavish money on

    入れ揚げる

    to lavish money on

    揚水車

    scoop wheel

    揚心流

    Yoshin-ryu (school of martial arts)

    揚水

    pumping up water (e.g. to a high place for energy storage)

    揚水発電

    pumped storage

    士気高揚

    raising morale

    高揚感

    exaltation

    揚代

    fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute

    戦意高揚

    lifting of fighting spirit

    揚げ場

    landing-stage

    発揚

    exaltation

    揚げ足取る

    to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake

    揚げ足を取る

    to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake

    揚げ足取り

    faultfinding

    五色揚げ

    mixed fried vegetables

    揚収

    lifting and recovery (e.g. in marine salvage)

    揚子江

    Yangtze River (China)

    揚水発電所

    pumped storage power plant

    揚抗比

    lift-drag ratio

    揚重

    lifting (heavy load)

    浮揚力

    buoyancy

    総揚げ

    hiring a number of geisha for an entertainment

    揚げ足

    raised leg

    引き揚げ船

    evacuation boat

    空中浮揚

    levitation

    国威発揚

    enhancing national prestige

    生揚げ

    deep-fried bean curd

    止揚

    sublation

    抑揚

    intonation

    景気浮揚

    reflation

    抑揚格

    iamb (in poetry)

    揚陸料

    landing charge

    揚げ戸

    push-up door

    純揚水発電

    closed-loop pumped-storage power generation

    長崎揚羽

    Great Mormon (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio memnon)

    揚音

    acute (accent, etc.)

    揚程

    lifting height (of a pump, etc.)

    精進揚げ

    vegetable tempura

    揚屋

    high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)

    油で揚げる

    to deep-fry in oil

    揚げ油

    cooking oil

    竜田揚げ

    dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried

    宣揚

    enhancement (e.g. of national prestige)

    荷揚げ場

    landing place

    飛揚

    flying

    揚げ玉

    bits of fried batter left after cooking tempura

    揚げ浜

    artificially flooded salt farm above the high-tide mark

    肩揚げを下ろす

    to come of age (for a girl)

    並揚羽

    citrus swallowtail (species of butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

    色揚げ

    redyeing

    青条揚羽

    common bluebottle (Graphium sarpedon)

    揚げ超

    excess of withdrawals over deposits

    素揚げ

    deep-frying without breading or batter

    肩揚げが取れる

    to come of age

    肩揚げも取れる

    to come of age

    帯揚げ

    obi sash

    厚揚げ

    thick fried tofu

    揚船

    lifting a boat out of the water

    揚羽

    swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

    揚陸

    unloading (a ship)

    黒揚羽

    spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)

    得手に帆を揚げる

    to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair

    抑揚のない

    monotonous

    荷揚げ料

    landing charges

    揚炭機

    coal hoist

    掻き揚げ城

    small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat

    揚幕

    entrance curtain (in noh)

    揚棄

    sublimation

    揚げ巻き

    deep-fried roll

    揚巻

    ancient boys' hairstyle with a part down the middle and a loop above each ear

    揚げ床

    raised seedbed

    揚げ焼き

    deep-frying with little oil

    称揚

    praise

    揚座敷

    section of Kodenmachō Prison (in Edo) used for holding high-ranking prisoners awaiting trial

    帝揚羽

    common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)

    磯辺揚げ

    fried food wrapped in nori

    戦車揚陸艦

    landing ship, tank

    揚げカス

    scraps of food, batter, etc. remaining in deep-frying oil

    揚げパン

    deep-fried bread (usu. topped with sugar or roasted soybean flour)

    お揚げ

    abura-age

    揚がる

    to be deep fried

    揚げる

    to deep-fry

    さつま揚げ

    satsuma-age

    揚々

    triumphant

    かき揚げ

    mixed vegetable and seafood tempura

    揚げかまぼこ

    deep-fried kamaboko

    揚げじゃが

    fried potato (incl. French fries, chips, croquettes, etc.)

    揚子江河海豚

    baiji (Lipotes vexillifer)

    揚げ出し豆腐

    lightly deep-fried tofu

    深山烏揚羽

    alpine black swallowtail (Papilio maackii)

    揚げ物鍋

    agemono nabe, thick pot for deep frying

    揚げ餃子

    deep-fried gyoza

    旗を揚げる

    to raise (hoist) a flag

    稲荷揚げ

    fried tofu (aburaage) used for inarizushi

    揚音符

    acute accent

    揚げ斎

    last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)

    薄揚げ

    deep-fried tofu

    揚錨機

    windlass

    螺旋水揚げ機

    screw pump

    揚陸艦

    landing ship

    揚子江鰐

    Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

    悠揚迫らぬ

    calm

    悠揚迫らず

    calmly

    揚巻貝

    constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta)

    強襲揚陸艦

    amphibious assault ship

    揚げ豆腐

    sliced deep-fried tofu

    揚羽蝶

    swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

    烏揚羽

    Chinese peacock (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio bianor)

    揚げ煮

    fry-simmering

    揚錨船

    anchor handling tug

    揚羽擬き

    mock swallowtail butterfly moth (Epicopeia hainesii)

    顕揚

    extolling

    揚陸艦艇

    landing ship

    釜揚げうどん

    straight-from-the-pot udon

    悠揚

    self-possessed

    縫い揚げ

    a tuck

    凧揚げ

    kite flying

    鳶に油揚げをさらわれる

    to be robbed of one's due

    揚雲雀

    soaring skylark

    揚げ鍋

    deep fryer

    串揚げ

    kushiage

    鷹揚

    large-hearted

    麝香揚羽

    Chinese windmill (species of red-bodied swallowtail butterfly, Atrophaneura alcinous)

    揚錨

    raising the anchor

    揚げ餅

    agemochi

    鶏唐揚げ

    deep-fried chicken

    菩薩揚げ

    ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)

    揚げ麩

    deep-fried wheat gluten

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 一
    • 勹
    • 扌
    • 手
    • 日
    • 揚がる
    • 揚げる
    • 深山烏揚羽
    • 青条揚羽
    • 揚心流

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    • 荷揚げ
    • 旗揚げ
    • 空中浮揚
    • 串揚げ
    • 掲揚
    • 厚揚げ
    • 高揚
    • 水揚げ
    • 凧揚げ
    • 入り揚げる
    • 入れ揚げる
    • 薄揚げ
    • 浮揚
    • 油揚げ
    • 悠揚
    • 揚げ
    • 揚げ出し豆腐
    • 揚げ場
    • 揚げ物
    • 揚幕
    • 揚子江
    • 揚水
    • 揚水車
    • 揚陸
    • 揚陸艦
    • 抑揚
    • 揚げ足を取る
    • 意気揚々
    • 唐揚げ
    • 鷹揚
    • 発揚
    • 称揚
    • 揚言
    • 飛揚
    • 戦車揚陸艦
    • 陸揚げ
    • 揚力
    • 宣揚
    • 五色揚げ
    • 総揚げ
    • 荷揚げ料
    • 荷揚げ場
    • 顕揚
    • 縫い揚げ
    • 精進揚げ
    • 帯揚げ
    • さつま揚げ
    • 引揚者
    • 止揚
    • 揚げ戸
    • 揚げ出し
    • 揚げ玉
    • 揚羽蝶
    • 揚げ足
    • 揚げ足取り
    • 揚げ油
    • 揚屋
    • 揚巻
    • 揚陸艦艇
    • 揚々
    • 揚げ超
    • 揚雲雀
    • 揚げ鍋
    • 色揚げ
    • 生揚げ
    • かき揚げ
    • 揚抗比
    • 意気が揚がる
    • 旗を揚げる
    • 揚炭機
    • 揚陸料
    • 揚音
    • 揚音符
    • 士気高揚
    • 揚座敷
    • 揚げ豆腐
    • 揚げかまぼこ
    • 気分高揚
    • 国威発揚
    • 稲荷揚げ
    • 内揚げ
    • 揚げ床
    • 戦意高揚
    • 帝揚羽
    • 揚子江鰐
    • 竜田揚げ
    • 揚げ物鍋
    • 揚羽
    • 黒揚羽
    • 並揚羽
    • 烏揚羽
    • 鳶に油揚げをさらわれる
    • 揚げじゃが
    • 得手に帆を揚げる
    • 釜揚げうどん
    • 螺旋水揚げ機
    • 揚程
    • 揚収
    • 抑揚のない
    • 引き揚げ船
    • 肩揚げが取れる
    • 肩揚げを下ろす
    • 肩揚げも取れる
    • 麝香揚羽
    • 菩薩揚げ
    • 揚代
    • 揚巻貝
    • 揚水発電所
    • 揚水発電
    • 磯辺揚げ
    • 悠揚迫らぬ
    • 悠揚迫らず
    • 揚げカス
    • 揚げ浜
    • 素揚げ
    • 景気浮揚
    • 揚げ斎
    • 長崎揚羽
    • 揚子江河海豚
    • 揚げ麩
    • 揚げパン
    • 揚水機
    • 揚げ煮
    • 掻き揚げ城
    • 揚げ餃子
    • 鶏唐揚げ
    • 揚重
    • 揚羽擬き
    • 小揚げ
    • 揚棄
    • お揚げ
    • 浮揚力
    • 強襲揚陸艦
    • 高揚感
    • 揚げ焼き
    • 油で揚げる
    • 揚げ巻き
    • 純揚水発電
    • 揚錨
    • 揚げ餅
    • 揚船
    • 抑揚格
    • 揚錨船
    • 揚錨機
    • 揚げ足取る

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