上あげ下さげ

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

raising and lowering

General physical or abstract act of moving something up and down.

• 旗はたを上あげ下さげする合あい図ずで試し合あいが始はじまった。

  The match started with the signal of raising and lowering the flag.

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

fluctuation; rise and fall

Commonly used for prices, interest rates, stock values, and other economic indicators.

• 最さい近きんの株かぶ価かの上あげ下さげが激はげしい。

  The recent fluctuations in stock prices are severe.

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

praising and belittling

Refers to the act of alternately praising and criticizing someone, often in a manipulative or inconsistent way.

• 上じょう司しの上あげ下さげの激はげしい態たい度どに振ふり回まわされている。

  I'm being tossed around by my boss's extreme swings between praise and criticism.

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

setting out and clearing away

Used for meals, dishes, or items that are placed and then removed, emphasizing the complete cycle.

• 宴えん会かいの料りょう理りの上あげ下さげを手伝てつだった。

  I helped with setting out and clearing away the dishes for the banquet.

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

ebb and flow

Specifically for the tide's rising and falling.

• 潮しおの上あげ下さげに合あわせて漁りょうに出でる。

  They go fishing according to the ebb and flow of the tide.

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

rising and falling; modulation

Used for pitch, tone, voice, or musical modulation.

• 彼かれの話はなし方かたには独どく特とくの声こえの上あげ下さげがある。

  His way of speaking has a distinctive rising and falling of pitch.