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    3. 棚に上げる

    棚に上げる

    棚たなに​上あげ​る​

    to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.)

    NTVerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab24 strokes

    棚にあげるタナに上げるたなに上げる

    たなにあげる

    Verb

    1.
    to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.), to pretend not to see, to pay no attention to, to forget, to fail to notice, to put on a shelf
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    棚
    たな・-だな…(1)
    shelf・ledge・rack・mount・mantle…(1)
    Kanji
    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
    Kanji
    に
    ni
    Kana
    げ
    ge
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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