地じ上あげ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

land acquisition; buying up plots of land

Often refers to the practice of buying small adjacent plots to assemble a larger development site, sometimes with a negative connotation of aggressive or speculative land buying (land sharking).

• 駅えき前まえの再さい開かい発はつのために、不ふ動どう産さん業ぎょう者しゃが地じ上あげを進すすめている。

  Real estate agents are buying up land for the redevelopment in front of the station.

• 地じ上あげ屋やがこの地ち域いきで土と地ちを買かい集あつめている。

  Land sharks are buying up plots in this area.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

raising the ground level; land filling

Refers to physically raising the ground level, typically by adding soil or fill. Less common than the land-acquisition sense.

• 洪こう水ずい対たい策さくとして、この地ち域いきでは地じ上あげ工こう事じが行おこなわれた。

  Ground-raising work was carried out in this area as a flood countermeasure.