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繰り上げ (くりあげ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

繰くり上あげ

く

り

あ

げ

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

moving up; advancing; bringing forward

Refers to shifting something to an earlier time, position, or rank; commonly used in scheduling, promotions, and financial contexts.

会かい議ぎの日にっ程ていを一いっ週しゅう間かん繰くり上あげる。
We will move the meeting schedule up by one week.
彼かれは繰くり上あげで課か長ちょうに昇

しょう

進しん

し

た

。

He was promoted to section chief ahead of schedule.

Written forms

繰くり上あげUsage7%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
繰くり上あげUsage60%
Variant kanji form using げ instead of り; less common but still encountered.
繰くり上あげUsage33%
Abbreviated kanji form, often seen in official or compact writing.

Kanji

繰winding, reel, spin
上above, up

Similar words

繰くり下さげ
繰り下げ means postponing or moving something later, while 繰り上げ means moving it earlier.
前まえ倒だおし
前倒し also means bringing forward, but is more common in business and policy contexts, often implying a deliberate acceleration of plans.

Etymology

Compound of 繰り (kuri, the continuative form of 繰る 'to reel, to spin, to move along') and 上げ (age, the continuative form of 上げる 'to raise'). Literally 'reel up', it developed the meaning of moving something forward in time or order.