上あげ

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Meanings

tuck in clothing; sewn-up tuck

A sewing and clothing term for a tuck used to shorten or adjust cloth, often appearing as a suffix in compounds such as 肩上げ, 腰上げ, or 縫い揚げ.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉に上あげを入いれるto put a tuck into (a garment)
子こ供どもの着き物ものに上あげを入いれた。
I put a tuck into the child's kimono.
〈数かず〉円えんの上あげa rise of ... yen (in price or exchange rate)
株かぶ価かは100円えんの上あげとなった。
The stock price rose by 100 yen.
上あげを下おろすto let out a tuck (in clothing)
背せが伸のびたので着き物ものの上あげを下おろした。
Since she grew taller, we let out the tuck in her kimono.
上あげに転てんじるto turn upward (after a decline)
市し場じょうは午ご後ごになって上あげに転てんじた。
The market turned upward in the afternoon.

Expressions

三みっ日かと上あげずalmost every day; constantly
見み上あげるようtowering; astonishingly high
みこしを上あげるget up; rise from one's seat · get started; set to work; go into action
お慶よろこび申もうし上あげますmy sincere congratulations; please accept my congratulations
細工さいくは流々仕上りゅうりゅうしあげを御覧ごろうじろdon't judge a work in progress; the end crowns the work

Kanji

上above, up
揚raise, elevate, hoist

Related words

値ね上あげN2sense 2
値上げ specifically means a price increase carried out by a seller, whereas 上げ is the more general word for any upward move in a figure.
上じょう昇しょうN2sense 2
上昇 is a more formal, broadly applicable word for a rise or ascent, while 上げ is used specifically for market and price movements.

Opposites

下さげ sense 2
lowering; sinking; bringing down · depreciation; price fall · punch line (of a rakugo story) · sword strap

Don't confuse with

縫ぬい揚あげ sense 1
縫い揚げ is the fuller sewing term for a sewn-up tuck, while 上げ is the shorter noun/suffix form used in compounds like 肩上げ.

Counted with

箇か所しょN2
Used to count locations of tucks or alterations (上げ) made in a garment.

Word family· 106

上あげるN5
raise; lift; move to a higher place · increase; raise a price; raise a wage · show someone in; let a guest in · give · send to school; enroll one's child · improve; develop a skill · achieve; earn; obtain a good result · promote someone · finish; complete · raise one's voice; make a loud sound · raise one's face; lift one's gaze; look up · do up one's hair · offer up; offer incense or a prayer · praise; commend; flatter · keep costs down; cover expenses within an amount; make do · finish one's studies; complete a lesson; pass a class · upload; post online; publish on the internet · raise someone's spirits; cheer someone up; hype up the mood · come in; rise, of the tide · rise in price; increase, of a market price · vomit; throw up · do for someone; do as a favor · finish doing; complete doing · humbly do
取とり上あげ
adoption; acceptance; confiscation · midwifery; midwife
売うり上あげN2
sales; revenue; takings
打うち上あげN1
launch; lift-off; shooting off (fireworks) · end; close; completion · wrap party; completion celebration
引ひき上あげ
pulling up; salvage; re-flotation · raising; increase; upward revision · repatriation; evacuation

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仕し上あげN1
finish; finishing touches; completion
値ね上あげN2
price increase; rise in price; increase in a rate or wage
差さし上あげ
carrying a portable shrine with arms stretched out
積つみ上あげ
piling up; accumulation; stacking
読よみ上あげ
reading aloud; recitation
買かい上あげ
buying; purchasing; procurement
巻まき上あげ
lifting; hoisting; winding up
でっち上あげ
fabrication; made-up story; hoax; frame-up
切きり上あげ
end; conclusion · rounding up · revaluation; upward revision
お手て上あげN1
giving up; being at a loss; throwing in the towel
押おし上あげ
upheaval; uplift; upthrust
底そこ上あげ
raising the standard; raising the floor; improving the bottom
利り上あげ
interest rate hike; increase in interest rates
繰くり上あげ
moving up; advancing; bringing forward
吸すい上あげ
suction; sucking up
吊つり上あげ
kabuki lift mechanism
賃ちん上あげ
wage increase; pay raise
格かく上あげ
upgrading; promotion; elevation of status
上あげ下さげ
raising and lowering · fluctuation; rise and fall · praising and belittling · setting out and clearing away · ebb and flow · rising and falling; modulation
棚たな上あげ
shelving; putting on hold; tabling · withholding from market; keeping off the market
胴どう上あげN1
tossing someone into the air in celebration
地じ上あげ
land acquisition; buying up plots of land · raising the ground level; land filling
刈かり上あげ
close-cropped hair; harvesting
叩たたき上あげ
working one's way up; rising through the ranks · self-made person; veteran
でっち上あげる
fabricate; make up; cook up · cobble together; throw together

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Written forms

上あげUsage52%
High-priority spelling. Used for a rise or upward movement, and also appears in clothing/sewing compounds.
揚あげUsage44%
Attested spelling for the clothing tuck sense, especially in sewing-related compounds such as 縫い揚げ. Not used for the price-rise sense.
アゲUsage3%
あげUsage1%

Etymology

A nominal form of あげ, related to the continuative stem of 上げる or 揚げる. The spelling 上げ conventionally matches rising or raising, while 揚げ is used in some lifting or sewing-related compounds.