上げる · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 上げる | 上げない |
| Polite | 上げます | 上げません |
| Past polite | 上げました | 上げませんでした |
| Past | 上げた | 上げなかった |
| Te-form | 上げて | 上げないで |
| Desire | 上げたい | 上げたくない |
| Potential | 上げられるalso 上げれる | 上げられないalso 上げれない |
| Passive | 上げられる | 上げられない |
| Causative | 上げさせる | 上げさせない |
| Causative passive | 上げさせられる | 上げさせられない |
| Volitional | 上げよう | |
| Polite volitional | 上げましょう | |
| Imperative | 上げろ | 上げるな |
| Conditional | 上げれば | 上げなければ |
| Tara conditional | 上げたら | 上げなかったら |
ichidan verb, transitive verb
raise; lift; move to a higher place
Basic transitive use: raise something upward, lift it, or put it onto a higher surface or place.
See also:
Antonyms: 下げる
If you have a question, please raise your hand.
I put the box up on the shelf.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
increase; raise a price; raise a wage
Used for making a price, wage, level, quality, status, or similar value higher. 騰げる is a rare/search-only spelling especially tied to prices.
We will raise the product prices from next month.
The company raised its employees' wages.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
show someone in; let a guest in
Often means allowing someone to enter an inside or raised area of a house, such as a room, tatami room, or upstairs space.
They showed the guest into the upstairs tatami room.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
Only with reading あげる
Usually written あげる. Used when the speaker or someone on the speaker's side gives to another person; softer than やる, but not suitable for respectfully giving to a superior, where 差し上げる is used.
I gave my younger sister a book for her birthday.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
send to school; enroll one's child
Used with a child or dependent as the object, meaning to send them on to school or college at one's expense or under one's care.
Her parents sent her to a university in Tokyo.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
improve; develop a skill
Common in fixed-feeling collocations such as 腕を上げる, meaning to improve one's ability or skill.
After repeated practice, he improved his skill a great deal.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
achieve; earn; obtain a good result
Used with desirable results such as 成果, 利益, 実績, or 手柄: to produce, earn, or achieve them.
See also: 挙げる
They earned a large profit from the new business.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
promote someone
Means to move someone up to a higher position, rank, or role.
The company promoted him to department manager.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
Often used for completing a piece of work or bringing it to a finished state, as in 原稿を上げる.
I will finish the manuscript by the deadline.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
raise one's voice; make a loud sound
Used with 声, 音, 悲鳴, 泣き声, and similar nouns for producing or letting out a loud sound.
The baby let out a loud cry.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
raise one's face; lift one's gaze; look up
Used with 顔, 目, or 視線 when someone lifts their face or gaze upward.
When her name was called, she lifted her face.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
do up one's hair
Used with 髪 to mean putting hair up rather than leaving it down.
See also: 髪を上げる
On hot days, I wear my hair up.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
offer up; offer incense or a prayer
Used for offering incense, prayers, or similar things to a deity, Buddha, ancestors, or the deceased.
I offer incense at the household Buddhist altar.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
Limited use meaning to talk someone up or praise them; modern Japanese more commonly uses ほめる or 持ち上げる, depending on the nuance.
In online articles and the like, 選手を上げる can mean praising a player and making them look highly valued.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
keep costs down; cover expenses within an amount; make do
Especially common as 安く上げる: to get something done at low cost or within a given budget.
I want to keep the cost of the ceremony as low as possible.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
finish one's studies; complete a lesson; pass a class
Educational use meaning to complete studies, lessons, or coursework; it is limited and modern Japanese often uses 終える, 修了する, 卒業する, or 単位を取る instead.
In an older usage, 学業を上げる can mean to finish one's studies.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
upload; post online; publish on the internet
Internet use: to put an image, video, article, or other content online.
I posted photos from the trip on social media.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
raise someone's spirits; cheer someone up; hype up the mood
Only with reading アゲる
Colloquial and often written アゲる. Used for making people, a party, music, or a mood more excited and upbeat.
The DJ hypes up the venue.
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
come in; rise, of the tide
Intransitive use for the tide rising or coming in; it is a specialized natural-phenomenon use.
Toward evening, the tide starts to come in.
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
rise in price; increase, of a market price
Finance and market usage, especially for stocks or indexes rising. Ordinary everyday Japanese often uses 上がる, but market reports also use 上げる intransitively.
The Nikkei average rose before the close of trading.
ichidan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
Less common than 吐く or 戻す. Can be intransitive or take the thing vomited as an object, such as 胃の中のものを上げる.
I got seasick and threw up the contents of my stomach.
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
do for someone; do as a favor
Only with reading あげる
Auxiliary after the te-form, usually written あげる. It presents the action as being done for someone else's benefit; avoid using it toward superiors if it sounds patronizing.
I carried my friend's luggage for them.
finish doing; complete doing
Suffix after a verb's masu-stem, as in 作り上げる, 書き上げる, or 仕上げる, emphasizing completion or bringing something fully to a result.
See also: 作り上げる
The craftsmen spent half a year building the new bridge to completion.
humbly do
Humble suffix after the masu-stem of a humble verb, strengthening deference in forms such as 申し上げる. It describes the speaker's or in-group's own action toward someone higher.
See also: 申し上げる
I will explain it in detail later.
I showed the guest into the room.
The store raised the price of its goods.
I posted a photo on social media.
I lent a book to my friend as a favor.
I plan to finish the manuscript by the end of today.
あげる is the plain, everyday word for giving to an equal or inferior, while 与える is more formal and often used in writing or when the giver has authority over the receiver.
あげる is the plain, everyday verb for giving anything, while 贈る is reserved for giving something as a gift or formal presentation.
上げる is the general verb for raising or lifting something, while 掲げる specifically means to display or hold something up for public view.
上げる is the plain, everyday verb for raising or giving something, while 捧げる carries a formal or reverent nuance of offering with respect.
上げる is the general verb for raising a level or amount, while 引き上げる stresses a deliberate, often forceful increase such as raising taxes or wages.
上げる is the everyday verb for lifting or raising things in general, while 挙げる is reserved for specific formal actions like citing examples, arresting, or holding ceremonies.
あげる is the standard Japanese auxiliary for doing something for someone regardless of status, while たる (in this sense) is its Kansai-ben contracted form.
上げる is a broad verb for raising or increasing something, while 持ち上げる specifically means to lift something by holding or supporting it.
上げる is a more concrete, physical verb for raising things (温度を上げる), while 高める is used for abstract qualities like awareness or skill (意識を高める).
上げる is the native Japanese verb for raising something, while アップ(する) is the more casual katakana equivalent often used with figures and levels.
上げる is the standard Japanese verb for raising or giving something, while 上せる is its Kyoto-ben counterpart used for the same range of 'raise/bring up' actions.
hang; suspend; wear (a decoration) · lower; reduce; bring down · demote; move back; pull back · clear (plates); remove (food from table/altar) · keep playing after forming a scoring combination (hanafuda)
あげる is used when the speaker gives something to someone else, the opposite direction of giving from くれる, where someone gives to the speaker.
上げる means to raise or lift something up, the direct opposite of 下ろす's meaning of lowering or taking something down.
もらう means to receive something, while あげる means to give something, describing the same exchange from the opposite side.
落とす means to lower or reduce something such as one's voice or a score, while 上げる means to raise or increase it.
上げる means to raise a level such as volume, the opposite of 絞る's sense of turning it down.
上げる is a plain, everyday way to say 'give,' while 差し上げる is the humble form used when giving to a superior or someone outside one's in-group.
あげる is the politer, safer verb for giving to a person, while やる is blunter and mainly natural for animals, plants, or people of lower status.
してやる can sound condescending or rough, while あげる (as in してあげる) is the neutral, polite way to say 'do something for someone'.
上げる and 挙げる share the reading あげる, but 上げる means to physically raise or increase something, while 挙げる is used for listing examples, holding events, or making arrests.
上げる is the general verb for 'raise' or 'give', while 揚げる is used specifically for deep-frying, launching things upward, or landing a boat/catch, and the two are often confused in writing despite sharing a reading.
tuck in clothing; sewn-up tuck · rise; increase; upward movement
adoption; acceptance; confiscation · midwifery; midwife
sales; revenue; takings
launch; lift-off; shooting off (fireworks) · end; close; completion · wrap party; completion celebration
pulling up; salvage; re-flotation · raising; increase; upward revision · repatriation; evacuation
finish; finishing touches; completion
price increase; rise in price; increase in a rate or wage
pick up; take up in one's hand · take up; adopt; accept; listen to · take issue with; make a problem of; bring up critically · cover; report on; feature · take away; confiscate; deprive someone of; revoke · deliver a baby · collect taxes
carrying a portable shrine with arms stretched out
piling up; accumulation; stacking
pile up; heap up · stir up; enliven; bring to a climax
reading aloud; recitation
buying; purchasing; procurement
lifting; hoisting; winding up
lift up; raise; elevate · flatter; praise highly; talk up
fabrication; made-up story; hoax; frame-up
finish up; complete; put the final touches on
end; conclusion · rounding up · revaluation; upward revision
giving up; being at a loss; throwing in the towel
say; tell; state; express; offer; extend · do (humble auxiliary)
build up; complete; construct; create; put together · make up; fabricate; invent; cook up
look up at; raise one's eyes to · look up to; admire; respect
upheaval; uplift; upthrust
raising the standard; raising the floor; improving the bottom
interest rate hike; increase in interest rates
moving up; advancing; bringing forward
suction; sucking up
kabuki lift mechanism
read aloud; read out; call out · finish reading; read through
launch; shoot up; hit high · wash ashore; dash up onto · bring to a close; finish a run · report upward; report to a superior