汲み上げる

くみあげる

Also written くみ上げる, 汲上げる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to dip up
2. to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt

Kanji

• 汲 draw (water); ladle; scoop. Read as くむ.
• 上 up. Read as あげる.

Example sentences

• 村人は井戸から水を手で汲み上げなければならなかった。
  The village people had to pump water from the well by hand.

Common phrases

• 水を汲み上げる
• 地下水を汲み上げる
• ポンプで汲み上げる
• 海水をくみ上げる
• 井戸から汲み上げる
• 温泉を汲み上げる

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