Hoist in Japanese

In Japanese

吊(つ)り上(あ)げる

tsuriageru

Definition

Definition in EnglishTo lift something heavy with a crane, a rope or a winch.

Definition in Japaneseクレーンやロープ、ウインチで重い物を持ち上げること。

新(あたら)しいソファが階段(かいだん)を通(とお)らなくて、クレーン車(しゃ)で四階(よんかい)の窓(まど)まで吊(つ)り上(あ)げたんだ。近所(きんじょ)の人(ひと)がみんな見(み)に出(で)てきたよ。
The new sofa wouldn't fit up the stairs, so they brought in a crane truck to hoist it through the fourth-floor window — half the street came out to watch.
港(みなと)では冬(ふゆ)に備(そな)えて船(ふね)を陸(りく)に吊(つ)り上(あ)げていて、子(こ)どもたちは一日中(いちにちじゅう)でも見(み)ていられそうだった。
Down at the harbor they were hoisting the boats out of the water for the winter, and the kids could've watched all day.