揚

floating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy; buoying up (e.g. economy)

Transitive verb

unloading (a ship)

Intransitive verb

landing; disembarkation

'taru' adjective

triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits

raising an army; raising a banner

launching a new group; launching a business; launching a new party

buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking

raising the ground level (with fill)

praise; admiration; exalting; extolling

Food, cooking

deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter

Abbreviation

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

unloading (a ship); landing

trap door; removable floor boards

Yangtze River (China)

'taru' adjective

self-possessed; calm

thick fried tofu

Philosophy

sublation

exaltation; elevation; enhancement; promotion; raising

hoisting (e.g. a flag); raising; flying; putting up

false bottom; fake bottom; raised bottom; platform (shoes); kick (of a bottle)

exaggeration; overstatement

kite flying

landing ship; amphibious warfare ship

Food, cooking

kushiage; deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables

Food, cooking

abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu

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

enhancement (e.g. of national prestige); raising; heightening; promotion

Historical term

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

Historical term

Meiji-period women's hairstyle with hair twisted into a knot on top of the head and held in place with a pin

揚巻 only

type of dance in kabuki

揚巻 only; Sumo

knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring

Abbreviation; Word usually written using kana alone

constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam