打うち上あげる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

launch; shoot up; hit high

Used for sending something upward, such as a rocket or fireworks; in sports, also for hitting a ball high into the air.

• 人じん工こう衛えい星せいをロケットで打うち上あげる。

  They launch a satellite with a rocket.

• 彼かれはボールを高たかく打うち上あげた。

  He hit the ball high into the air.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

wash ashore; dash up onto

Used when waves throw or wash something up onto land or against a shore; passive forms such as 打ち上げられる are also common in this meaning.

• 大おお波なみが小こ舟ぶねを砂すな浜はまに打うち上あげた。

  A huge wave washed the small boat up onto the sandy beach.

• 嵐あらしの後あと、魚さかなが浜はまに打うち上あげられていた。

  After the storm, fish had been washed up on the beach.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

bring to a close; finish a run

Used especially for bringing an event run, performance series, tournament, or similar organized period to its end.

• 劇げき団だんは三さんか月げつの公こう演えんを無ぶ事じに打うち上あげた。

  The troupe successfully brought its three-month run of performances to a close.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

report upward; report to a superior

Less common workplace or organizational use for reporting something from a lower position to a boss or higher office; 報告する is the plainer general word.

• 「上じょう司しに打うち上あげる」は、下したから上うえへ報ほう告こくする意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  The phrase 上司に打ち上げる is sometimes used to mean reporting something upward to a superior.