揚

Meaning

揚 centers on lifting something upward: raising, hoisting, or elevating. The praise and extol senses are figurative lifts, and deep-frying is a specific cooking technique where food is raised in hot oil.

• 揚げるあげる
  N3

  to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food

• 高揚こうよう

  elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

• 揚げ物あげもの

  deep-fried food

• 水揚げみずあげ

  landing; unloading (e.g. a ship)

• 油揚げあぶらあげ

  abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu

• 掲揚けいよう

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

• かき揚げかきあげ

  mixed vegetable and seafood tempura

• 揚羽あげは

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

• 旗揚げはたあげ

  raising an army; raising a banner

• 意気揚々いきようよう
  N1

  triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits

• 揚げ足あげあし

  raised leg; lifting a leg

• 抑揚よくよう
  N1

  intonation; accent; modulation; inflection

• 揚がるあがる

  to be deep fried

• 浮揚ふよう

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

• 揚陸ようりく

  unloading (a ship)

• 荷揚げにあげ

  unloading; landing

• 揚子江ようすこう

  Yangtze River (China)

• 発揚はつよう

  exaltation; elevation; enhancement; promotion; raising

• 揚水ようすい

  pumping up water (e.g. to a high place for energy storage)

• 揚力ようりょく

  dynamic lift; lifting power

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