JLPT N3Everyday

上あがる・上あげるbe finished; finish making

After another verb, these say that something being made has reached its finished form: the bread is baked, the story is written. 上あがる says the thing is done. 上あげる says someone got it done.

the thing is done

ケーキがちょうど焼やき上あがった。

The cake has just finished baking.

someone gets it done

彼かの女じょは一ひと晩ばんで短たん編ぺんを書かき上あげた。

She finished writing the short story in one night.

How to form it

Verb ます-stem + 上あがる／上あげる

書かきます → 書かき上あげる. The thing made takes が with 上あがる and を with 上あげる. Only some verbs take it; common ones are listed below.

Before it: Mostly a verb of making: 書かく, 作つくる, 焼やく, 編あむ, 描かく.
Where you'll meet it: Cooking and baking, crafts, writing, building: any work that ends in a finished thing.

Ones you'll meet

Most of the ones people say are fixed words, best learned as words.

出で来き上あがるbe finished, be ready

料りょう理りが出で来き上あがるまで、あと十じゅっ分ぷんほどかかります。

The food will be ready in about ten minutes.

仕し上あげるfinish off, get finished

今こん週しゅう中ちゅうにレポートを仕し上あげます。

I'll get the report finished this week.

書かき上あげるfinish writing

まだ報ほう告こく書しょを書かき上あげていない。

I still haven't gotten the report written.

作つくり上あげるbuild, put together

チームは新あたらしい予よ約やくシステムを作つくり上あげた。

The team got the new reservation system built.

焼やき上あがるbe baked, come out of the oven

この店みせのパンは毎まい朝あさ七しち時じに焼やき上あがります。

This shop's bread comes out of the oven at seven every morning.

Not for eating, drinking or reading

These make nothing, and 上あげる doesn't go on them: nobody says 食たべ上あげる. 読よみ上あげる is a word, but it means to read aloud.

Not said: 昼ひるご飯はんを食たべ上あげた。

(I finished my lunch.)

食たべ終おわった.

Close neighbours

終わるN4

Only reports reaching the end. 書かき終おわった says the writing is over. 書かき上あげた says the piece is complete.

みんなが答こたえを書かき終おわるまで待まちましょう。

Let's wait until everyone has finished writing their answers.

切るN3

All of something, to the last bit: 食たべ切きる, 使つかい切きる. Nothing is made; something is used up.

残のこった材ざい料りょうを今日中きょうじゅうに使つかい切きりましょう。

Let's use up the leftover ingredients today.

上がる・上げる (by themselves)N4

Plain "go up" and "raise". Many everyday words keep that meaning: 立たち上あがる (stand up), 持もち上あげる (lift), 見み上あげる (look up at).

気き温おんが急きゅうに上あがりました。

The temperature rose suddenly.

Check yourself

1Which one fits?

パンが（　　）よ。

Choose an answer to see why.

2Which one fits?

コーヒーを（　　）、出でかけましょう。

Choose an answer to see why.

More detail

出で来き上あがり and 仕し上あがり are nouns. In a shop, 出で来き上あがり is when your order will be ready.

出で来き上あがりは金きん曜よう日びになります。

It will be ready on Friday.

With a few verbs 上あげる is "thoroughly, until nothing is left to do": 調しらべ上あげる, 磨みがき上あげる.

記き者しゃたちは資し料りょうを集あつめ、事じ件けんの経けい緯いを調しらべ上あげた。

The reporters gathered material and thoroughly investigated how the incident had unfolded.

More sentences

セーターがようやく編あみ上あがった。

The sweater is finally finished.

パティシエがケーキを焼やき上あげた。

The pastry chef finished baking the cake.

編へん集しゅう者しゃは締しめ切きり前まえに原げん稿こうを書かき上あげた。

The editor finished writing the manuscript before the deadline.