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    3. 軍配を上げる

    軍配を上げる

    軍ぐん配ばいを​上あげ​る​

    to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner)

    NTVerbCulture & TraditionsSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab31 strokes

    ぐんばいをあげる

    Verb

    1.
    to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner)
    sumo
    2.
    to declare someone the winner (of a competition)

    Stroke 0 / 31

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    Characters that make up this word

    軍
    いくさ…(1)
    army・force・troops・war・battle
    Kanji
    配
    くば.る…(1)
    distribute・spouse・exile・rationing
    Kanji
    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    げ
    ge
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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