挙げる

あげる · ageru · JLPT N3 · verb-ichidan

to raise

🙋 挙 has 手 (hand) at its base: raise a hand, raise an example

Same sound as 上げる (to lift). 挙げる is the hand-raising kind: 手を挙げる raises your hand, 例を挙げる raises an example to cite it. Holding items up one by one for others to see is how you list them.

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