a horsefly

Alternative spelling of 虻 (“horsefly”)

ceremonial weapon / the sound of bells and drums

deep-fried food

a real estate dealer who buys small parcels of land to consolidate and resell, especially an unscrupulous or coercive dealer; a landshark

the practice of filling low-lying land, building embankments / the practice of buying small parcels of land to consolidate and resell / rigging the price of land for sale

to raise the ground level, to fill low areas of land

Short for 揚羽蝶 (agehachō, “swallowtail”) (butterfly)

揚羽: Short for 揚羽蝶 (agehachō, “swallowtail”) (butterfly)

imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 上げる (ageru) [ichidan]