suspend, hang, wear (sword)

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つ.るつる.す

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Common Words

吊るGodan verbFreq #4784
1

Transitive verb

to hang; to suspend; to sling; to wear (e.g. a sword); to put up (e.g. a shelf)

2

Transitive verb; In the form 首を吊る

to hang oneself

3

Transitive verb; Sumo

to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth

4

Word usually written using kana alone; Intransitive verb

to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

5

Word usually written using kana alone; Intransitive verb

to pucker (e.g. of a seam); to be pulled tight

吊り上げるつり上げるりあげTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #9266
1

to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist

Examples
彼は驚いてまゆをつりあげた
He arched his eyebrows in surprise.
漁師は釣り上げた魚の大きさをおおげさにいった。
The fisherman exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught.
2

to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up; to inflate; to jack up

Examples
くず社債のディーラーは市場をつり上げてバブル状態にしました。
Junk bond dealers left the market riding on a pillow of air.
吊るす吊するすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #13972
1

to hang; to hang up

Examples
彼は天井からランプをつるした
He hung a lamp from the ceiling.
つり上がる吊り上がる吊り上るりあがIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #22413
1

to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted

2

to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward

吊り下げるつり下げるりさげ釣り下げるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #25446
1

to suspend (from); to hang (down); to dangle

Examples
ランプが木の枝から吊り下げられた
The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree.
吊橋吊り橋つり橋釣り橋釣橋りばしつりはしNounFreq #28919
1

suspension bridge; rope bridge

Examples
つり橋は5マイル上流にある。
The suspension bridge is miles above.
首を吊る首をつるくびをつるExpressionGodan verbFreq #36309
1

to hang (e.g. oneself)

宙吊り宙づり宙釣りゅうづりNounFreq #40804
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

hanging in midair; suspended in midair

2

midair stunt; aerial stunt

つり目ツリ目吊り目釣り目りめNounFreq #44974
1

slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners

首吊り首つりびつり首釣りNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #46776
1

hanging oneself; person who hanged themselves

Examples
泥棒にロープを十分に与えれば、彼は首吊りをするであろう。
Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.

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