ぶら下げる
ぶらさげる
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to carry (something) hanging from the hand
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Examples
鍵を首にぶら下げている。
かぎをくびにぶらさげている。
He wears his key hanging around his neck.
彼は買い物袋を両手にぶら下げて帰ってきた。
かれはかいものぶくろをりょうてにぶらさげてかえってきた。
He came home with shopping bags dangling from both hands.
会社は高い給料をぶら下げて優秀な人材を集めようとした。
かいしゃはたかいきゅうりょうをぶらさげてゆうしゅうなじんざいをあつめようとした。
The company dangled high salaries to attract talented people.
Common patterns
- 首にぶら下げる
- to hang around one's neck
- 袋をぶら下げる
- to carry a bag dangling from one's hand
- 餌をぶら下げる
- to dangle a carrot (an incentive)
Memory tip
Transitive partner of ぶら下がる (to hang, of itself). Note the second sense: carrying something loosely in the hand so it swings — 傘をぶら下げて歩く. 吊るす is more about fixing something up to hang neatly.
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