あおる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to fan (oneself, flames, etc.)
2. to flap (in the wind)
My long hair flaps in the wind and blocks my view.
3. to instigate; to stir up; to incite; to agitate
And precisely because we don't understand, our anxiety is stirred up.
4. to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something)
5. to take a photo from a low angle
6. to tailgate
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to bid up; to corner the market
to bid up; to corner the market
Examples (4 in total)
That line of dialogue stirred up anger.
Darkness is something that stirs up human fear.
My long hair flaps in the wind and blocks my view.
A stronger gust blew, and the hem of my coat and my hair flapped in it.