引ひき上あげ

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Meanings

Physical act of pulling something up, especially from water or a lower position; commonly used for salvage operations or lifting objects.

沈ちん没ぼつ船せんの引ひき上あげ作さ業ぎょうが始はじまった。
The salvage operation for the sunken ship has begun.
漁りょう師しは網あみの引ひき上あげに苦く労ろうした。
The fisherman struggled with pulling up the net.

noun

raising; increase; upward revision

Abstract use for raising amounts, levels, or standards; often used in economic or policy contexts.

最さい低てい賃ちん金ぎんの引ひき上あげが議ぎ論ろんされている。
An increase in the minimum wage is being discussed.
税ぜい率りつの引ひき上あげは国こく民みんの反はん発ぱつを招まねいた。
The tax hike provoked public backlash.

noun

repatriation; evacuation

Refers to bringing people back to their home country or evacuating them from a dangerous area; often used in historical or military contexts.

戦せん後ご、海かい外がいからの引ひき揚あげが行おこなわれた。
After the war, repatriation from overseas was carried out.
紛ふん争そう地ち域いきからの邦ほう人じん引ひき揚あげが急いそがれた。
The evacuation of Japanese nationals from the conflict zone was rushed.

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Usage patterns

〈数かず〉の引ひき上あげa raise/increase in a rate or amount
政せい府ふは最さい低てい賃ちん金ぎんの引ひき上あげを検けん討とうしている。
The government is considering raising the minimum wage.
〈物もの〉の引ひき上あげthe salvage/raising of an object
沈ちん没ぼつ船せんの引ひき上あげ作さ業ぎょうが始はじまった。
Salvage work on the sunken ship has begun.
〈人ひと〉の引ひき上あげthe repatriation/evacuation of people
戦せん後ご、多おおくの日本にほん人じんの引ひき上あげが行おこなわれた。
After the war, many Japanese were repatriated.
引ひき上あげを行おこなうto carry out a raise (of rates, prices, etc.)
日にち銀ぎんは金きん利りの引ひき上あげを行おこなった。
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates.

Kanji

引pull, tug, jerk
上above, up
揚raise, elevate, hoist

Related words· 7

増ぞう額がく sense 2
引き上げ is the general term for raising a rate, price, or amount, while 増額 refers specifically to increasing a monetary sum.
撤てっ退たい sense 3
引き上げ in this sense means bringing people home or evacuating them, while 撤退 specifically denotes a military withdrawal or retreat.
サルベージ sense 1
引き上げ is the native Japanese term for raising or salvaging something like a sunken ship, while サルベージ is the borrowed English word used in the same salvage context.
値ね上あげN2
値上げ specifically means raising prices or monetary charges, while 引き上げ is a broader term for raising levels, rates, taxes, or ages in general.

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巻まき上あげ
引き上げ is a general term for raising or pulling something up, whereas 巻き上げ specifically implies raising via a winding mechanism.
切きり上あげ
切り上げ and 引き上げ can both describe raising a value (like a currency or price), but 引き上げ is broader and also covers raising rates, wages, or withdrawing troops.
撤てっ兵ぺい
引き揚げ is a more everyday word for pulling troops or people back, while 撤兵 is the formal, news-register term for the same act.

Opposites

引ひき下さげ sense 2
引き上げ means raising a rate, price, or level, while 引き下げ means lowering or reducing it, its direct opposite.

Counted with

回かいN4
counter for occurrences; times · time; instance; occasion · inning (baseball); round; game · episode; chapter; installment · Hui (people) · Islam

Written forms

引ひき上あげUsage52%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
引ひき上あげUsage28%
Abbreviated kanji spelling; acceptable but less common than 引き上げ.
引ひき揚あげUsage11%
Very rare abbreviated spelling; mostly historical or in compound words.
引ひき揚あげUsage4%
Rare abbreviated spelling with 揚げ.
引ひき揚あげUsage4%
Alternate kanji spelling using 揚げ; less common but seen in some contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 引き (hiki, continuative form of 引く 'to pull') and 上げ (age, continuative form of 上げる 'to raise'). The kanji 揚 is sometimes used for the sense of lifting from water or repatriation.