高める (たかめる, takameru) Japanese meaning: raise | Kotomora

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高める · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	高たかめる	高たかめない
Polite	高たかめます	高たかめません
Past polite	高たかめました	高たかめませんでした
Past	高たかめた	高たかめなかった
Te-form	高たかめて	高たかめないで
Desire	高たかめたい	高たかめたくない
Potential	高たかめられるalso 高たかめれる	高たかめられないalso 高たかめれない
Passive	高たかめられる	高たかめられない
Causative	高たかめさせる	高たかめさせない
Causative passive	高たかめさせられる	高たかめさせられない
Volitional	高たかめよう
Polite volitional	高たかめましょう
Imperative	高たかめろ	高たかめるな
Conditional	高たかめれば	高たかめなければ
Tara conditional	高たかめたら	高たかめなかったら

Pairs with高まる

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

raise; increase; enhance; boost

Transitive verb for actively making something higher in degree, quality, or intensity. Used with abstract nouns like 意識, 品質, 生産性, 評価, 血圧, etc.

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Kanji

高tall, high, expensive

Transitive / intransitive

高たかまるN2
高まる is the intransitive partner meaning something rises or increases by itself (期待が高まる), while 高める is transitive and requires an agent (期待を高める).

Related words

上あげるN5
上げる is a more concrete, physical verb for raising things (温度を上げる), while 高める is used for abstract qualities like awareness or skill (意識を高める).
強つよめるN2
強める means to strengthen or intensify something (力を強める), while 高める focuses on raising the level or degree of something (評価を高める).
増ますN3
増す means to increase in amount or degree, often used more broadly (水量が増す), while 高める specifically means to actively raise the level or quality of something (品質を高める).
深ふかめるN2
高める means to raise or elevate a level (e.g. quality, awareness), whereas 深める means to make something deeper, such as understanding or a bond.

Opposites

下さげるN4
下げる means to lower or decrease something, the direct opposite of 高める, which means to raise or increase something.
弱よわめるN2
弱める means to weaken or reduce the intensity of something, the opposite of 高める, which means to strengthen or raise the intensity of something.
削そぐ
高める means to raise or heighten something like motivation or morale, the opposite of 削ぐ's metaphorical sense of dampening or diminishing it.
低ひくめる

Don't confuse with

高たかぶる
高ぶる is an intransitive verb meaning to become emotionally aroused or excited (感情が高ぶる), whereas 高める is a transitive verb meaning to actively raise or increase something.

Word family

高たかめ
somewhat high; on the high side; highish · somewhat expensive; on the expensive side · mahjong: wait tile that yields a higher-scoring hand

Written forms

高たかめるUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word in news and everyday contexts.
たかめるUsage1%

Etymology

Derived from the adjective 高い (takai, 'high') with the transitive verb-forming suffix ～める, which attaches to i-adjectives to create verbs meaning 'to make ~'.

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