上がる・
Attach 上がる or 上げる to a verb stem to present a task or creation as finished. The first form focuses on the resulting finished item; the second focuses on someone completing it.
Choose the viewpoint
Use 上がる when the finished item is the subject. Use 上げる when the sentence presents the person or group doing the work. This often creates a natural pair with the finished item marked by が in the first sentence and by を in the second.
The same event from two viewpoints
Both sentences describe the cake reaching completion, but they choose different subjects.
A recognizable finished result
This pattern works best when the activity has a recognizable finished result: a completed manuscript, a baked loaf, a woven fabric, or a fully investigated matter. Common compounds include 書き上げる, 作り上げる, 編み上がる, and 調べ上げる. The last can stress that an investigation was carried out thoroughly enough to reach a complete result.
Completing a piece of work
編集者は締め切り前に原稿を書き上げた。
The editor finished writing the manuscript before the deadline.
AnalyzeCompletion, exhaustive action, and upward movement
書き上げる emphasizes producing a finished piece of writing. By contrast, 読み切る emphasizes reading all the way through. Also, not every compound ending in 上がる expresses completion: some describe literal upward movement.
子どもたちは階段を一気に駆け上がった。
The children ran up the stairs in one burst.
AnalyzeNon-target directional use: this describes movement upward, not bringing a task or product to completion.
More examples
彼女は一晩で短編を書き上げた。
She finished writing the short story in one night.
Analyzeセーターがようやく編み上がった。
The sweater was finally finished.
Analyzeチームは新しい予約システムを作り上げた。
The team built the new reservation system to completion.
Analyze記者たちは資料を集め、事件の経緯を調べ上げた。
The reporters gathered materials and thoroughly investigated how the incident unfolded.
Analyze注文のパンは毎朝七時に焼き上がります。
The ordered bread finishes baking at seven every morning.
Analyzeまだ報告書を書き上げていない。
The report still has not been finished.
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