"上げる" meaning in Japanese

See 上げる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [a̠ɡe̞ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: From Old Japanese 上ぐ (agu), following 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”). from Proto-Japonic *ank-a-. Cognate with 揚(あ)げる (ageru), 挙(あ)げる (ageru). Development Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|上ぐ|sort=あぐ|tr=agu}} Old Japanese 上ぐ (agu), {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*ank-a-}} Proto-Japonic *ank-a-, {{ja-r|揚げる|あげる}} 揚(あ)げる (ageru), {{ja-r|挙げる|あげる}} 挙(あ)げる (ageru) Head templates: {{ja-verb|あげる|tr=trans|type=2}} 上(あ)げる • (ageru) transitive ichidan (stem 上(あ)げ (age), past 上(あ)げた (ageta)) Forms: 上げる [canonical] (ruby: 上(あ)), ageru [romanization], 上げ [stem] (ruby: 上(あ)), 上げた [past] (ruby: 上(あ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 上げ [error-unrecognized-form], あげ [error-unrecognized-form], age [error-unrecognized-form], 上げる [error-unrecognized-form], あげる [error-unrecognized-form], ageru [error-unrecognized-form], 上げれ [error-unrecognized-form], あげれ [error-unrecognized-form], agere [error-unrecognized-form], 上げよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 上げろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], あげよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], あげろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], ageyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], agero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 上げられる [passive], あげられる [passive], agerareru [passive], 上げさせる [causative], 上げさす [causative], あげさせる [causative], あげさす [causative], agesaseru [causative], agesasu [causative], 上げられる [potential], 上げれる [colloquial, potential], あげられる [potential], あげれる [colloquial, potential], agerareru [potential], agereru [colloquial, potential], 上げよう [volitional], あげよう [volitional], ageyō [volitional], 上げない [negative], 上げぬ [negative], 上げん [negative], あげない [negative], あげぬ [negative], あげん [negative], agenai [negative], agenu [negative], agen [negative], 上げず [continuative, negative], あげず [continuative, negative], agezu [continuative, negative], 上げます [formal], あげます [formal], agemasu [formal], 上げた [perfective], あげた [perfective], ageta [perfective], 上げて [conjunctive], あげて [conjunctive], agete [conjunctive], 上げれば [conditional, hypothetical], あげれば [conditional, hypothetical], agereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to raise, to lift
    Sense id: en-上げる-ja-verb-WodVejYN Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 15 43 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 17 45 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 18 45 37
  2. to give (usually not written with kanji)
    Sense id: en-上げる-ja-verb-xiNnJgZQ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, JLPT-4 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 16 57 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 27 41 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 15 43 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 17 45 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 9 81 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 13 56 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 56 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 18 45 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 16 47 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 47 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 75 14 Disambiguation of JLPT-4: 0 99 1
  3. to utter; to cry; to produce; to raise (a voice)
    Sense id: en-上げる-ja-verb-P3-By7A7 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 15 43 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 17 45 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 18 45 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: くれる: to give (kureru) (english: to the speaker, or someone close to the speaker, such as a family member), 貰う (morau) (ruby: 貰(もら)) (english: to receive)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "上ぐ",
        "sort": "あぐ",
        "tr": "agu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese 上ぐ (agu)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*ank-a-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *ank-a-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "揚げる",
        "2": "あげる"
      },
      "expansion": "揚(あ)げる (ageru)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "挙げる",
        "2": "あげる"
      },
      "expansion": "挙(あ)げる (ageru)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese 上ぐ (agu), following 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”). from Proto-Japonic *ank-a-. Cognate with 揚(あ)げる (ageru), 挙(あ)げる (ageru).\nDevelopment\nNatural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "上げる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "上",
          "あ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ageru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げ",
      "roman": "age",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "上",
          "あ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げた",
      "roman": "ageta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "上",
          "あ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "age",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ageru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ageyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ageyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ageta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "上げれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あげれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "agereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あげる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "上(あ)げる • (ageru) transitive ichidan (stem 上(あ)げ (age), past 上(あ)げた (ageta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to the speaker, or someone close to the speaker, such as a family member",
      "roman": "kureru",
      "word": "くれる: to give"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to receive",
      "roman": "morau",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "貰",
          "もら"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "貰う"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "下げる"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 43 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 45 38",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 45 37",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              13
            ]
          ],
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            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to raise the volume",
          "roman": "onryō o ageru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "音量",
              "おんりょう"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "あ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "音量を上げる",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to raise, to lift"
      ],
      "id": "en-上げる-ja-verb-WodVejYN",
      "links": [
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ],
        [
          "lift",
          "lift"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 57 27",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 41 32",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 43 42",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 45 38",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 81 10",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 56 31",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 56 31",
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        {
          "_dis": "18 45 37",
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        {
          "_dis": "16 47 36",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 47 29",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 75 14",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
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          "orig": "ja:JLPT-4",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
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            [
              22,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Please give the dog food every day.",
          "roman": "Inu ni mainichi esa o agete kudasai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "犬",
              "いぬ"
            ],
            [
              "毎日",
              "まいにち"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "犬に毎日えさをあげてください。",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to give (usually not written with kanji)"
      ],
      "id": "en-上げる-ja-verb-xiNnJgZQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 43 42",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 45 38",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 45 37",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              21
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            [
              8,
              13
            ]
          ],
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            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to shriek; to let out a scream",
          "roman": "himei o ageru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "悲鳴",
              "ひめい"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "あ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "悲鳴を上げる",
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        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              13
            ]
          ],
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            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to raise a strange cry",
          "roman": "kisei o ageru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "奇声",
              "きせい"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "あ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "奇声を上げる",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to sob",
          "roman": "koe o agete naku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "声",
              "こえ"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "泣",
              "な"
            ]
          ],
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Download raw JSONL data for 上げる meaning in Japanese (9.3kB)

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