Kanji Details for 挙

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• 選挙

  election

• 上げる, 挙げる, 揚げる

  to raise; to elevate

  to do up (one's hair)

  to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.)

  to land (a boat)

  to deep-fry

  to show someone (into a room)

  (uk) to summon (for geishas, etc.)

  to send someone (away)

  to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll

  to increase (price, quality, status, etc.)

  to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice)

  to earn (something desirable)

  to praise

  to give (an example, etc.); to cite

  to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.)

  to arrest

  to nominate

  to give

  to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.)

  to bear (a child)

  to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding)

  (of the tide) to come in

  to vomit

  to do for (the sake of someone else)

  to complete ...

  to humbly do ...

• 総選挙

  general election (of the lower house)