Illustration: On a narrow apartment balcony, a resident stands on a low stool and ties a glass wind chime’s cord to a hook beneath the eaves. One hand tightens the knot while the other releases the bell, which now hangs freely at eye level.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

吊つるす

tsurusu

to hang up

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは天井てんじょうからランプをつるした。

    He hung a lamp from the ceiling.

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  2. 彼女かのじょは鳥とりかごを軒のきからつるした。

    She hung the cage from the eaves.

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  3. 私わたしはシャツを吊つるしている。

    I’m hanging up my shirts.

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Kanji in 吊

  • 吊suspend; hangOnチョウKunつる・つるす

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