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

繰くり上あげ

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

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.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を繰くり上あげるto move something (a schedule, date, etc.) up to an earlier time
会かい議ぎの開かい始し時じ間かんを30分ぷん繰くり上あげることにした。
We decided to move the meeting's start time up by 30 minutes.
繰くり上あげ返へん済さいをするto make an early repayment (of a loan)
ボーナスでローンの繰くり上あげ返へん済さいをした。
I used my bonus to make an early repayment on my loan.

Kanji

繰winding, reel, spin
上above, up

Related words

前まえ倒だおし
前倒し and 繰り上げ both mean bringing something forward in time, but 前倒し is more common in business/policy contexts implying a deliberate plan change, while 繰り上げ is broader and also used for shifting rank or order.

Opposites

繰くり下さげ
繰り上げ means moving something to an earlier time or rank, while 繰り下げ means postponing it to a later time or rank.

Don't confuse with

繰くり延のべ
繰り上げ (moving something up/earlier) is easily confused with 繰り延べ (moving something back/later) because both share the 繰り root but point in opposite directions.

Word family

繰くり上あげ当とう選せん
winning an election by moving up the list due to another candidate's death or disqualification

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.

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.