吊り上げる

つりあげる

Also written つり上げる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist
2. to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up; to inflate; to jack up

Kanji

• 吊 suspend. Read as つる.
• 上 up. Read as あげる.

Example sentences

• 彼は驚いてまゆをつりあげた。
  He arched his eyebrows in surprise.

Common phrases

• クレーンで吊り上げる
• 価格を吊り上げる
• 株価をつり上げる
• 値段を吊り上げる

Related forms

• 吊り上がる (つりあがる) to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.) (intransitive partner)

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