"地上げ屋" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑia̠ɡe̞ja̠] Forms: 地上げ屋 [canonical] (ruby: (), (), ()), jiageya [romanization]
Etymology: 地(じ)上(あ)げ (jiage, “buying land to resell”) + 屋(や) (-ya, “person who does”) Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|地%上げ|じ%あげ|屋|-や|t1=buying land to resell|t2=person who does}} 地(じ)上(あ)げ (jiage, “buying land to resell”) + 屋(や) (-ya, “person who does”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|じあげや}} 地(じ)上(あ)げ屋(や) • (jiageya)
  1. a real estate dealer who buys small parcels of land to consolidate and resell, especially an unscrupulous or coercive dealer; a landshark
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