打うち上あげ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

launch; lift-off; shooting off (fireworks)

Used for sending rockets, satellites, or fireworks into the sky. For fireworks, it can also refer to the display itself.

ロケットの打うち上あげは明日あすに延えん期きされた。
The rocket launch has been postponed to tomorrow.
夏なつ祭まつりで花はな火びの打うち上あげを見みた。
I watched the fireworks display at the summer festival.

noun

end; close; completion

Refers to the conclusion of a project, event, or theatrical run. Often used in compound words like 打ち上げ会 (wrap party).

舞ぶ台たいの打うち上あげが近ちかづいてきた。
The end of the theatrical run is approaching.

noun

wrap party; completion celebration

A party held to celebrate the successful completion of a project, performance series, or similar endeavor. Often used in the compound 打ち上げ会.

Usage patterns

打うち上あげに成せい功こうするto successfully launch (a rocket, satellite, etc.)
新しん型がたロケットの打うち上あげに成せい功こうした。
The new rocket was successfully launched.
打うち上あげを迎むかえるto reach the completion (of a project, performance run, etc.)
長ながい公こう演えんもついに打うち上あげを迎むかえた。
The long theatrical run finally came to an end.
打うち上あげに参さん加かするto attend the wrap party
撮さつ影えい後ごの打うち上あげに参さん加かした。
I attended the wrap party after the filming was finished.
打うち上あげが延えん期きになるthe launch gets postponed
台たい風ふうのため打うち上あげが延えん期きになった。
The launch was postponed because of the typhoon.
打うち上あげで乾杯かんぱいするto toast at the wrap party
打うち上あげで無む事じの完かん成せいを祝いわって乾かん杯ぱいした。
We toasted at the wrap party to celebrate the successful completion.

Kanji

打strike, hit, knock
上above, up
揚raise, elevate, hoist

Related words

発はっ射しゃN2sense 1
発射 is a more technical, formal term for launching or firing something (rockets, missiles, bullets), while 打ち上げ is the everyday word especially for rockets and fireworks.
終しゅう了りょうN2sense 2
終了 is a neutral, formal word for the end or completion of something, while 打ち上げ carries a sense of finishing up a project or performance run.
打うち上あげ会かい sense 3
打ち上げ会 explicitly and unambiguously means the wrap party itself, while 打ち上げ alone can mean the party in casual speech but also just the act of finishing.
飲のみ会かいN3
打ち上げ is a celebratory drinking party held after finishing a project or event, while 飲み会 can happen any time without needing a specific occasion.

Opposites

開かい始しN3sense 2
開始 means the start or beginning of something, the opposite of 打ち上げ used in the sense of the end or completion of a project.

Word family

打うち上あげ花はな火び
skyrocket; launched firework
打うち上あげ会かい
wrap party; celebration party after a project
打うち上あげ場じょう
launch site; launch pad
打うち上あげ機き
launch vehicle; carrier rocket
打うち上あげパーティー
wrap party; completion celebration

Written forms

打うち上あげUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; widely used in news and general writing.
打うち上あげ
Variant without okurigana ち; less common but still seen.
打うち揚あげ
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 揚げ; it is rarely used.
打うち揚あげ
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form combining 打 and 揚げ without okurigana; it is rarely used.

Etymology

Compound of 打ち (uchi, continuative form of 打つ 'to strike, shoot') + 上げ (age, continuative form of 上げる 'to raise'). Literally 'shooting up', extended to mean launching and later to the completion of an endeavor, from which the sense of a celebratory party developed.