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揚
to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food
to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to (let) fly (e.g. a kite); to set off
to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in
to land (e.g. a boat); to come ashore; to move (something) onto land
to suck up (water; e.g. a plant); to absorb; to draw up
to be deep fried
to be hoisted up high (e.g. of a flag); to soar up into the air (e.g. of fireworks); to be raised towards the sky
to well up (of emotions); to become stronger (of feelings)
to stand out; to be striking; to be conspicuous
to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised
to get out (of water); to come ashore; to be washed ashore; to be hauled onto land or ship
to float atop the water; to surface from the sea (e.g. of a corpse); to rise to the surface
to be spoken loudly; to be raised loudly (of a voice)
to enter a red light district; to amuse oneself in a red light district; to visit a brothel
Food, cooking
deep-fried food
Used in compounds
deep-frying; deep-fried food
Abbreviation
abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
Idiomatic expression
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
Transitive verb
unloading (a ship)
Intransitive verb
landing; disembarkation
raised leg; lifting a leg
上げ足／上足 only
upturn (in the market)
Archaic
sitting cross-legged
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
Abbreviation
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
Food, cooking
deep-fried bread (usu. topped with sugar or roasted soybean flour)
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
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
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
opening declaration; profession; declaration in public; proclamation