てをあげる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of てをあげる – see the following entry.

【手を上げる】 [verb] to raise one's hand or hands [verb] to raise one's hands in supplication or surrender: to give up, to quit, to surrender [verb] to strike someone, or to threaten to do so: to raise one's fist, to raise one's hand against someone [verb] (idiomatic) to improve, to raise one's level of skill or competence [verb] to return one's hands to normal posture, after prostrating oneself (such as in deep apology or supplication)

(This term, てをあげる (teoageru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)