How to say speed-up in Japanese
- 上げる☆【あげる】挙げる★・揚げる☆ Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to raise; to elevate ➜ 手を挙げる
- to do up (one's hair) ➜ 髪を上げる
- to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.)
- to land (a boat)
- to deep-fry [揚げる]
- to show someone (into a room)
- to summon (for geishas, etc.) [揚げる] - usually written using kana alone
- to send someone (away)
- to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll
- to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve
- to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice) ➜ 声を上げる
- to earn (something desirable)
- to praise
- to give (an example, etc.); to cite - usu. 挙げる
- to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.) - usu. 挙げる
- to arrest [挙げる]
- to nominate [挙げる]
- to give [上げる] - polite language
- to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.) [上げる]
- to bear (a child)
- to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding) - usu. 挙げる
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- (of the tide) to come in
ichidan verb / intransitive verb / transitive:
- to vomit
auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:
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Example Sentences
- 特に、調和平均の実際の使用例としては、「平均速度」が主に取り上げられ、説明がそこで終わってしまうのが通例である。
- In particular, it is customary for actual examples of use of the harmonic mean to generally cover "average speed," and explain no further than that.
- ほっそい道にほとんどスピードを落とさず、走りこんだ。「近道なんですよ」「ってここ、あぜ道~~~っ!」
- We sped into the narrow track, hardly dropping any speed. "It's a short cut!" "Oi! It's a footpath!!"
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