Ichidan verb, transitive verb

  1. to elevate, to raise, to lift up.
  2. to flatter, to extol, to praise to the sky.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
持ち上げる もちあげる
 
 
持上げる もちあげる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

hold, have
も.つ ジ もち (3rd, N4)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
Buddhist temple
てら ジ (2nd, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)
above, up
ジョウ うえ あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)