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Loek van Kooten, MAThe palace doors swing open. A woman steps onto the balcony, arms stretched wide, holding a white robe drenched in blood. Below her, a thousand faces stare up in silence. No words needed. The emperor is dead.
That gesture has a name: 掲げる (kakageru). To raise something high for the world to see. Not a casual lift, but a declaration. When you 掲げる (kakageru), you're forcing every eye to look. The kanji 掲 is built from a hand (扌) and an ancient exorcism ritual (曷): a sword and a sacred vessel, used to drive out evil spirits by raising a blessed flag. Three thousand years later, the word still carries that weight.
Every flag raised at a protest, every manifesto nailed to a door, every ideal you refuse to let die: that's 掲げる (kakageru). そして皇帝の崩御を耳にして集まった群衆に告げるべく、ラガエアが宮殿より姿を現し、彼らの眼前に血塗られた皇帝の着衣を掲げます。 Soshite kōtei no hōgyo wo mimi ni shite atsumatta gunshū ni tsugeru beku, Ragaea ga kyūden yori sugata wo arawashi, karera no ganzen ni chinurareta kōtei no chakui wo kakagemasu. "And Rhagaea came out of the palace and addressed the crowd that had gathered after the news of the emperor's death.
She held up the blood-stained robe of the murdered emperor. " Some words describe actions. 掲げる (kakageru) describes conviction. What would you raise for the world to see? Drop it below. This word is on learn.japanology.nl - Kiko will quiz you on it and make sure you still remember it next week. #Japanese #LearnJapanese #Kanji #JLPT #WordOfTheDay #Japanology #Etymology #Revolution #Culture