Kanji 揚 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 2

発揚

はつよう

exaltation

飛揚

ひよう

flying

浮揚力

ふようりょく

buoyancy

並揚羽

なみあげは

citrus swallowtail (species of butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

菩薩揚げ

ぼさあげ

ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)

縫い揚げ

ぬいあげ

a tuck

名を挙げる

なをあげる

to gain fame

油で揚げる

あぶらであげる

to deep-fry in oil

悠揚

ゆうよう

self-possessed

悠揚迫らず

ゆうようせまらず

calmly

悠揚迫らぬ

ゆうようせまらぬ

calm

揚々

ようよう

triumphant

揚げカス

あげカス

scraps of food, batter, etc. remaining in deep-frying oil

揚げかまぼこ

あげかまぼこ

deep-fried kamaboko

揚げじゃが

あげじゃが

fried potato (incl. French fries, chips, croquettes, etc.)

揚げパン

あげパン

deep-fried bread (usu. topped with sugar or roasted soybean flour)

揚げ巻き

あげまき

deep-fried roll

揚げ玉

あげだま

bits of fried batter left after cooking tempura

揚げ戸

あげど

push-up door

揚げ斎

あげどき

last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)

揚げ煮

あげに

fry-simmered food

揚げ出し

あげだし

lightly deep-fried (food, esp. tofu)

揚げ出し豆腐

あげだしどうふ

lightly deep-fried tofu

揚げ床

あげどこ

raised seedbed

揚げ焼き

あげやき

deep-frying with little oil

揚げ場

あげば

landing-stage

揚げ足

あげあし

sitting cross-legged

揚げ足を取る

あげあしをとる

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake

揚げ足取り

あげあしとり

faultfinding

揚げ超

あげちょう

excess of withdrawals over deposits

揚げ豆腐

あげどうふ

sliced deep-fried tofu

揚げ鍋

あげなべ

deep fryer

揚げ浜

あげはま

artificially flooded salt farm above the high-tide mark

揚げ物鍋

あげものなべ

agemono nabe, thick pot for deep frying

揚げ餅

あげもち

agemochi

揚げ油

あげあぶら

cooking oil

揚げ餃子

あげギョーザ

deep-fried gyoza

揚げ麩

あげふ

deep-fried wheat gluten

揚羽

あげは

swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

揚羽擬き

あげはもどき

mock swallowtail butterfly moth (Epicopeia hainesii)

揚羽蝶

あげはちょう

swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

揚雲雀

あげひばり

soaring skylark

揚屋

あげや

high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)

揚音

ようおん

acute (accent, etc.)

揚音符

ようおんぷ

acute accent

揚巻

あげまき

Meiji-period women's hairstyle with hair twisted into a knot on top of the head and held in place with a pin

揚巻貝

あげまきがい

constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta)

揚棄

ようき

sublimation

揚言

ようげん

opening declaration

揚抗比

ようこうひ

lift-drag ratio

揚子江

ようすこう

Yangtze River (China)

揚子江河海豚

ようすこうかわいるか

baiji (Lipotes vexillifer)

揚子江鰐

ようすこうわに

Chinese alligator (Alligator sinesis)

揚収

ようしゅう

lifting and recovery (e.g. in marine salvage)

揚重

ようじゅう

lifting (heavy load)

揚心流

ようしんりゅう

Yoshin-ryu (school of martial arts)

揚水

ようすい

pumping up water (e.g. to a high place for energy storage)

揚水機

ようすいき

water pump

揚水車

ようすいしゃ

scoop wheel

揚水発電

ようすいはつでん

pumped storage

揚水発電所

ようすいはつでんしょ

pumped storage power plant

揚船

ようせん

lifting a boat out of the water

揚船

あげふね

ship pulled up on a beach

揚代

あげだい

biaya sewa geisha

揚炭機

ようたんき

coal hoist

揚程

ようてい

lifting height (of a pump, etc.)

揚錨

ようびょう

raising the anchor

揚錨機

ようびょうき

windlass

揚錨船

ようびょうせん

anchor handling tug

揚幕

あげまく

entrance curtain (in noh)

揚陸

ようりく

unloading (a ship)

揚陸艦

ようりくかん

landing ship

揚陸艦艇

ようりくかんてい

landing ship

揚陸料

ようりくりょう

landing charge

楊弓

ようきゅう

small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period

楊枝

ようじ

skewer (used to cut and hold sweets served at a tea ceremony)

抑揚のない

よくようのない

monotonous

螺旋水揚げ機

らせんみずあげき

screw pump

裏白箱柳

うらじろはこやなぎ

white poplar (Populus alba)

竜田揚げ

たつたあげ

dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried

麝香揚羽

じゃこうあげは

Chinese windmill (species of red-bodied swallowtail butterfly, Atrophaneura alcinous)