叩き上げ

たたきあげ

Also written たたき上げ

Meanings

1. Noun working one's way up
2. Noun, の-adjective self-made person; veteran

Kanji

• 叩 strike. Read as たたく.
• 上 up. Read as あげる.

Example sentences

• リンカーン大統領は、いわゆるたたき上げの人だった。
  President Lincoln was what we call a self-made man.
• 彼はいわゆるたたき上げだ。
  He is what we call a self-made man.
• 彼はいわゆるたたき上げの人だ。
  He is what is called a self-made man.

Words containing 叩き上げ

• 叩き上げる (たたきあげる) to work one's way up

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists