ぶら下さげる

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さ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

hang; suspend; dangle

Transitive: to hang something from a point so that it swings or dangles freely. Often used for objects carried in the hand or hung from the body.

彼かれはカバンを手てにぶら下さげて歩あるいていた。
He was walking with a bag dangling from his hand.

看かん

板ばん

を

店みせ

の

前まえ

に

ぶら

下さ

げ

た

。

I hung the sign in front of the shop.

Written forms

ぶら下さげるUsage62%
Standard kanji-kana spelling; the verb is commonly written with this mixed form.
ぶらさげるUsage38%
Kana-only spelling, often used in casual writing or when the kanji is not needed.

Kanji

下below, down, descend

Similar words

ぶら下さがる
Intransitive counterpart: something hangs or dangles by itself. ぶら下げる is transitive and requires an agent who hangs something.
吊つるす
Also means 'to hang', but 吊るす emphasizes suspending something from above, often with a string or hook, and is less casual than ぶら下げる.

Etymology

Derived from the mimetic adverb ぶらぶら (dangling, swinging) combined with 下げる (to hang down). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word clearly belongs to the family of onomatopoeic verbs describing loose, swaying motion.