To Raise
To Raise Something, To Lift
transitive verb, ichidan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means above and this verb is related to that meaning. It means to raise something or to lift something. It's a transitive verb, meaning that you do something to something else. You raise something. Like your hands! 🙌🏼
あげる
Since this word has okurigana (hiragana attached to the kanji) you know that it's probably going to use the kun'yomi reading, which you didn't learn with the kanji. Here's a mnemonic to help you:
You want to raise an aardvark (あ) above your head. Why? Because even though aardvarks have long tongues, it can't reach the ants in the trees. But when you raise the aardvark it can get at those yummy ants!
このはこをれいぞうこの上に上げてください。
Please put this box on top of the refrigerator for me.
三センチ上げてください。
Please lift it three centimeters.
りょうてを上に上げて、大きくおならをした。
I raised my hands and let out a huge fart.