アップ

noun, noun, used as a suffix, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

increase; rise; raise; go up

Broad katakana use for something increasing, being raised, or being made higher; common with figures, prices, levels, volume, performance, and similar measurable things. ダウン is the usual opposite in this sense.

Antonyms: ダウン

• 売うり上あげが前ぜん年ねん比ひで10％アップした。

  Sales went up 10 percent compared with the previous year.

• 音おん量りょうを少すこしアップしてください。

  Please turn the volume up a little.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

upload; post online

Abbreviation of アップロード. Common in everyday speech and online contexts for putting photos, videos, files, or posts onto the internet.

See also: アップロード

• 旅りょ行こうの写しゃ真しんをSNSにアップした。

  I posted photos from the trip on social media.

• 動どう画がをサイトにアップする前まえに確かく認にんした。

  I checked the video before uploading it to the site.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

close-up

Short for クローズアップ in photography, video, and visual description. Often appears as アップで撮る, アップにする, or 顔のアップ.

See also: クローズアップ

• 赤あかちゃんの顔かおをアップで撮とった。

  I took a close-up of the baby's face.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

wrap; completion of filming

Film and television production jargon, used as a shortened form related to クランクアップ for finishing shooting or finishing a person's part in filming.

See also: クランクアップ

• このシーンで主しゅ演えん俳はい優ゆうはアップです。

  With this scene, the lead actor finishes filming.

noun

upswept hairstyle; updo

Short for アップスタイル, meaning a hairstyle with the hair put up, often for formal occasions.

See also: アップスタイル

• 結けっ婚こん式しきなので、髪かみをアップにした。

  Since it was a wedding, I wore my hair up.

noun

being ahead; being up; leading

Sports and game-score use, especially natural with counts such as 1アップ or 2アップ. ダウン is the opposite when someone is behind.

Antonyms: ダウン

• 残のこり三さんホールで彼かれは2アップだった。

  With three holes remaining, he was two up.

noun

warm-up

Short for ウォーミングアップ. Common before sports, exercise, performances, or practice.

See also: ウォーミングアップ

• 試し合あい前まえに軽かるくアップした。

  I warmed up lightly before the match.

noun, noun, used as a suffix, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

completion; finish; time being up

Limited use for something coming to an end or being completed; often seen as the final element in fixed compounds such as タイムアップ.

• 制せい限げん時じ間かん内ないに終おわらず、タイムアップになった。

  I did not finish within the time limit, and time was up.