見み上あげる

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見上げる · ichidan verb

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

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

look up at; raise one's eyes to

Used when directing one's gaze upward toward something physically above the speaker, such as the sky, a building, or a person's face.

子こどもが夜よ空ぞらを見み上あげている。
The child is looking up at the night sky.
駅えき前まえで高たかいビルを見み上あげた。
I looked up at the tall building in front of the station.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

look up to; admire; respect

Figurative extension of looking upward: to regard someone as admirable or superior. Often overlaps with 尊敬する, but 見上げる keeps the image of looking up to someone.

生せい徒とたちはその先せん生せいを心こころから見み上あげていた。
The students truly looked up to that teacher.
彼かれの正しょう直じきさは見み上あげたものだ。
His honesty is admirable.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を見み上あげるto look up at something (a building, the sky, etc.)
高たかいビルを見み上あげた。
I looked up at the tall building.
空そらを見み上あげるto look up at the sky
夜よ空ぞらを見み上あげると星ほしがきれいだった。
When I looked up at the night sky, the stars were beautiful.
〈人ひと〉を見み上あげるto look up to someone, admire them
彼かの女じょは兄あにを見み上あげていた。
She looked up to her older brother.

Expressions

見み上あげるようtowering; astonishingly high

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
上above, up

Related words

尊そん敬けいN3sense 2
尊敬する is the plain, direct verb for respecting someone, while 見上げる keeps a vivid image of looking upward at an admired person.
仰あおぐN1sense 2
仰ぐ is a more literary word that, like 見上げる, can mean both physically looking upward and figuratively looking up to someone with respect.
敬うやまうN2sense 2
敬う focuses purely on the feeling of reverence toward someone, whereas 見上げる retains the visual sense of looking up at them.

Opposites

見み下おろすN3sense 1
見下ろす means to look down at something from above, the literal physical opposite of 見上げる.
見み下くだすN1sense 2
見下す means to look down on or despise someone, the negative social opposite of the figurative sense of 見上げる.
見みくびるN1
見上げる means to look up to and admire someone, the opposite of 見くびる's meaning of looking down on and underestimating someone.

Word family

見み上あげた
admirable; praiseworthy; commendable

Written forms

見み上あげるUsage80%
Standard common spelling; this form is high priority.
見みあげるUsage17%
Mixed kana spelling; less standard than 見上げる but understandable in ordinary writing.
みあげるUsage3%

Etymology

A transparent compound of 見る, 'to see/look,' and 上げる, 'to raise,' originally suggesting raising one's gaze upward; the figurative sense extends this upward-looking image to admiration or respect.