げる

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
うえ

Grade: 4

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「げる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止しゅうしがた)
Attributive (連体れんたいがた)
げる しあげる [sàshíágérú]
Imperative (命令めいれいがた) げろ しあげろ [sàshíágéró]
Key constructions
Passive げられる しあげられる [sàshíágérárérú]
Causative げさせる しあげさせる [sàshíágésásérú]
Potential げられる しあげられる [sàshíágérárérú]
Volitional げよう しあげよ [sàshíágéyóꜜò]
Negative げない しあげない [sàshíágénáí]
Negative perfective げなかった しあげなかった [sàshíágénáꜜkàttà]
Formal げます しあげま [sàshíágémáꜜsù]
Perfective げた しあげた [sàshíágétá]
Conjunctive げて しあげて [sàshíágété]
Hypothetical conditional げれば しあげれ [sàshíágéréꜜbà]

Verb

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()うえ()げる (sashiagerutransitive ichidan (stem ()うえ() (sashiage), past ()うえ()げた (sashiageta))

  1. lift up, raise
    だい(おお)きないし(いし)頭上ずじょう高々たかだか(ずじょうたかだか)()うえ()げた
    ōkina ishi o zujō takadaka to sashiageta
    Raised the big stone high above the head
  2. (humble) give
    このかがみ(かがみ)をあなたに()うえ()げます
    kono kagami o anata ni sashiagemasu
    This mirror is for you

Usage notes

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The giver is always the speaker or someone close to the speaker such as a family member. The receiver is always someone of higher social status than the speaker.

Conjugation

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See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.