持もち上あげる

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持ち上げる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	持もち上あげる	持もち上あげない
Polite	持もち上あげます	持もち上あげません
Past polite	持もち上あげました	持もち上あげませんでした
Past	持もち上あげた	持もち上あげなかった
Te-form	持もち上あげて	持もち上あげないで
Desire	持もち上あげたい	持もち上あげたくない
Potential	持もち上あげられるalso 持もち上あげれる	持もち上あげられないalso 持もち上あげれない
Passive	持もち上あげられる	持もち上あげられない
Causative	持もち上あげさせる	持もち上あげさせない
Causative passive	持もち上あげさせられる	持もち上あげさせられない
Volitional	持もち上あげよう
Polite volitional	持もち上あげましょう
Imperative	持もち上あげろ	持もち上あげるな
Conditional	持もち上あげれば	持もち上あげなければ
Tara conditional	持もち上あげたら	持もち上あげなかったら

Pairs with持ち上がる

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

lift up; raise; elevate

A transitive verb for physically lifting something or someone upward. The object being lifted is marked with を.

彼かれは重おもい箱はこを一人ひとりで持もち上あげた。
He lifted the heavy box by himself.
赤あかちゃんをそっと持もち上あげてベッドに寝ねかせた。
She gently picked up the baby and laid it on the bed.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

flatter; praise highly; talk up

Figurative use: to lift someone up with words, often implying excessive praise, flattery, or hype rather than simple sincere praise.

彼かれは会かい議ぎで上じょう司しをやたらと持もち上あげた。
He flattered his boss excessively at the meeting.
雑ざっ誌しはその新しん人じん俳はい優ゆうを大おおきく持もち上あげている。
The magazine is talking up that new actor in a big way.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を両りょう手てで持もち上あげるto lift something with both hands
彼かれは両りょう手てで箱はこを持もち上あげた。
He lifted the box with both hands.
〈人ひと〉を持もち上あげていい気きにさせるto flatter someone and make them feel good about themselves
部ぶ下かたちは上じょう司しを持もち上あげていい気きにさせた。
The subordinates flattered their boss and made him feel great about himself.
重おもい〈物もの〉を持もち上あげるto lift a heavy object
このタンスは重おもすぎて一人ひとりでは持もち上あげられない。
This dresser is too heavy to lift by yourself.
お世せ辞じで〈人ひと〉を持もち上あげるto flatter someone with compliments
彼かの女じょはお世せ辞じで上じょう司しを持もち上あげた。
She flattered her boss with compliments.

Kanji

持hold, have
上above, up

Transitive / intransitive

持もち上あがる sense 1
持ち上げる is the transitive verb for lifting something, while 持ち上がる is its intransitive partner meaning something becomes lifted or raised.

Related words

上あげるN5sense 1
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.
褒ほめるN4sense 2
褒める means to praise sincerely, while 持ち上げる often implies exaggerated or insincere praise aimed at flattering someone.
おだてるN1sense 2
おだてる suggests coaxing someone with flattery for a manipulative purpose, whereas 持ち上げる can be milder and simply mean to hype someone up.
引ひき上あげるN1
持ち上げる means to lift something by hand or physically hold it up, while 引き上げる specifically implies hauling it upward with a rope, net, or similar force.

Opposites

下さげるN4sense 1
下げる means to lower something, the direct opposite of 持ち上げる's sense of lifting something up.

Don't confuse with

取とり上あげるN3
取り上げる looks similar and shares the ~上げる pattern but means to take away, confiscate, or bring up (a topic), unlike 持ち上げる's meaning of physically lifting or flattering.

Built from

持もつ+上あげる

Written forms

持もち上あげるUsage77%
Standard common spelling for both the physical sense and the figurative praising or flattering sense.
持もちあげるUsage16%
search-only kanji form
This mixed kanji-kana spelling is a search-only form; prefer 持ち上げる in normal writing.
もちあげるUsage7%
持もち上あげるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
This un-okurigana spelling is a search-only form; it is not recommended as the normal written form.

Etymology

A transparent compound of 持つ, 'to hold,' and 上げる, 'to raise.' The figurative sense extends from physically lifting something up to verbally raising someone in esteem.