to raise one's hands in supplication or surrender: to give up, to quit, to surrender / to strike someone, or to threaten to do so: to raise one's fist, to raise one's hand against someone

Kyūjitai form of 挙

Alternative form of 擧 (Shinjitai form 挙)

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

deep-fried food

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

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

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

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