旗はた揚あげ

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旗揚げする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	旗はた揚あげする	旗はた揚あげしない
Polite	旗はた揚あげします	旗はた揚あげしません
Past polite	旗はた揚あげしました	旗はた揚あげしませんでした
Past	旗はた揚あげした	旗はた揚あげしなかった
Te-form	旗はた揚あげして	旗はた揚あげしないで
Desire	旗はた揚あげしたい	旗はた揚あげしたくない
Potential	旗はた揚あげできる	旗はた揚あげできない
Passive	旗はた揚あげされる	旗はた揚あげされない
Causative	旗はた揚あげさせる	旗はた揚あげさせない
Causative passive	旗はた揚あげさせられる	旗はた揚あげさせられない
Volitional	旗はた揚あげしよう
Polite volitional	旗はた揚あげしましょう
Imperative	旗はた揚あげしろ	旗はた揚あげするな
Conditional	旗はた揚あげすれば	旗はた揚あげしなければ
Tara conditional	旗はた揚あげしたら	旗はた揚あげしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

raising an army; raising a banner

Literal meaning: physically hoisting a flag or banner, often as a signal to gather troops. Used in historical or military contexts.

戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、大だい名みょうは旗はた揚あげをして兵へいを集あつめた。
In the Sengoku period, feudal lords raised their banners and gathered soldiers.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

launching a new group; starting a new venture

Figurative extension: starting a new organization, political party, business, or artistic troupe. Often implies a public debut or inaugural event.

彼かれは新あたらしい劇げき団だんの旗はた揚あげ公こう演えんを成せい功こうさせた。
He successfully held the inaugural performance of his new theater company.
新しん党とうの旗はた揚あげ会かい見けんが来らい週しゅう行おこなわれる。
The press conference for the launch of the new political party will be held next week.

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Usage patterns

〈組そ織しき〉を旗はた揚あげするto launch/found an organization (business, troupe, party, etc.)
彼かれらは去きょ年ねん、新あたらしい劇げき団だんを旗はた揚あげした。
They launched a new theater troupe last year.
旗はたを揚あげて〈人ひと〉を集あつめるto raise a banner to rally people (troops, supporters)
武ぶ将しょうは旗はたを揚あげて兵へいを集あつめた。
The general raised his banner to rally his troops.
〈場ば所しょ〉で旗はた揚あげするto launch (a venture) in a particular place
彼かれは東とう京きょうで自じ分ぶんの会かい社しゃを旗はた揚あげした。
He launched his own company in Tokyo.

Kanji

旗flag, banner, standard
揚raise, elevate, hoist
挙raise, plan, project

Related words

結けっ成せいN1sense 2
結成 is the neutral term for forming any organization, while 旗揚げ adds a vivid, ceremonial sense of a public debut.
挙きょ兵へい sense 1
挙兵 specifically means raising an army for military action, matching the historical sense of 旗揚げ but without the figurative 'starting a group' meaning.
発ほっ足そくN1sense 2
発足 is a formal, administrative word for the start of an organization's operations, whereas 旗揚げ evokes the dramatic image of raising a banner to announce a new venture.
創そう業ぎょう sense 2
創業 specifically means founding a business, while 旗揚げ can apply to businesses, troupes, or political groups with a more theatrical connotation.

Counted with

回かいN4
Used when referring to the number of times a banner is raised or an action is carried out, not as a counter for the noun itself.

Built from

旗はた+揚あげる

Written forms

旗はた揚あげUsage94%
Standard spelling; used in news and general writing.
旗はた挙あげUsage3%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used abbreviated form with 挙.
旗はた挙あげUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 挙 is an alternative character for 'raising'.
旗はた揚あげ
Abbreviated form, sometimes seen in headlines or compact text.

Etymology

Compound of 旗 (hata, 'flag, banner') and 揚げ (age, 'raising'), from the verb 揚げる (ageru, 'to raise'). Originally referred to the literal act of hoisting a banner to signal the start of a military campaign; later extended metaphorically to any new organizational launch.