I Love Kanji上げる (ageru)
上げる (あげる, ageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to raise; to elevate”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あげる
- Romaji
- ageru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to raise; to elevate · ichidan verb, transitive
- to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage) · ichidan verb, transitive · occ. 騰げる in ref. to price
- to show someone (into a room); to let in (e.g. a guest) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to give · ichidan verb, transitive · polite, usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 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 | 上げる | あげる ageru |
| Polite (~masu) | 上げます | あげます agemasu |
| Negative | 上げない | あげない agenai |
| Polite negative | 上げません | あげません agemasen |
| Past | 上げた | あげた ageta |
| Polite past | 上げました | あげました agemashita |
| Negative past | 上げなかった | あげなかった agenakatta |
| Te-form | 上げて | あげて agete |
| Potential | 上げられる | あげられる agerareru |
| Passive | 上げられる | あげられる agerareru |
| Causative | 上げさせる | あげさせる agesaseru |
| Volitional | 上げよう | あげよう ageyou |
| Imperative | 上げろ | あげろ agero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 上げれば | あげれば agereba |
Kanji in 上げる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 上げる.
上うえabove上着うわぎcoat上手じょうずskillful屋上おくじょうrooftop以上いじょうnot less than ...上がるあがるto rise申し上げるもうしあげるto say差し上げるさしあげるto lift up召し上がるめしあがるto eat上じょうfrom the standpoint of上かみupper reaches (of a river)上京じょうきょうgoing (up) to the capital上達じょうたつimprovement (e.g. in skill, ability)上等じょうとうsuperior
Source: JMdict entry 1352320 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.