I Love Kanji持ち上げる (mochiageru)
持ち上げる (もちあげる, mochiageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to elevate; to raise”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- もちあげる
- Romaji
- mochiageru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to elevate; to raise; to lift up · ichidan verb, transitive
- to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 持ち上げる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 持ち上げる | もちあげる mochiageru |
| Polite (~masu) | 持ち上げます | もちあげます mochiagemasu |
| Negative | 持ち上げない | もちあげない mochiagenai |
| Polite negative | 持ち上げません | もちあげません mochiagemasen |
| Past | 持ち上げた | もちあげた mochiageta |
| Polite past | 持ち上げました | もちあげました mochiagemashita |
| Negative past | 持ち上げなかった | もちあげなかった mochiagenakatta |
| Te-form | 持ち上げて | もちあげて mochiagete |
| Potential | 持ち上げられる | もちあげられる mochiagerareru |
| Passive | 持ち上げられる | もちあげられる mochiagerareru |
| Causative | 持ち上げさせる | もちあげさせる mochiagesaseru |
| Volitional | 持ち上げよう | もちあげよう mochiageyou |
| Imperative | 持ち上げろ | もちあげろ mochiagero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 持ち上げれば | もちあげれば mochiagereba |
Kanji in 持ち上げる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 持ち上げる.
持つもつto hold (in one's hand)気持ちきもちfeelingお金持ちかねもちrich person維持いじmaintenance持参じさんbringing受け持つうけもつto take (be in) charge of支持しじsupport持続じぞくcontinuation所持しょじpossession受持ちうけもちcharge (of something)持ち切りもちきりhot topic上うえabove上着うわぎcoat上手じょうずskillful
Source: JMdict entry 1315610 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.