汲くみ上あげる

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

draw water; scoop up; pump up

Literal action of drawing or scooping up a liquid, typically water, from a well, container, or source.

井い戸どから水みずを汲くみ上あげる。
Draw water from the well.
ポンプで川かわの水みずを汲くみ上あげて田たんぼに流

なが

す

。

Pump water from the river and send it to the rice paddies.

2

ichidan verb, transitive verb

draw on ideas; take into account; adopt

Figurative extension: to gather and incorporate opinions, ideas, or requests from a group, often in decision-making.

市し民みんの意い見けんを政せい策さくに汲くみ上あげる。
Incorporate citizens' opinions into policy.
部ぶ下かの提てい案あんを汲くみ上あげて、新あたらしい企き画かくを立たてた。
We drew on our subordinates' suggestions and came up with a new plan.

Written forms

汲くみ上あげるUsage66%
Standard kanji spelling for both literal and figurative senses.
くみ上あげるUsage26%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; common in everyday writing.
くみあげるUsage8%
汲くみ上あげる
Abbreviated kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

汲draw (water), ladle, scoop
上above, up

Similar words

汲くむ
汲む is the base verb meaning 'to draw (water)' or 'to scoop'; 汲み上げる adds the nuance of lifting or bringing up, and extends figuratively to gathering ideas.
取とり入いれる
取り入れる also means 'to adopt' or 'to incorporate', but is more general and does not carry the 'drawing up' imagery of 汲み上げる.

Etymology

Compound of 汲み (kumi, continuative form of 汲む 'to draw/scoop') + 上げる (ageru 'to raise'). The figurative sense developed from the image of drawing water up to the surface.