JLPT N4 · Verb

差し上げる (sashiageru)

差し上げる (さしあげる, sashiageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to lift up; to hold up”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
さしあげる
Romaji
sashiageru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to lift up; to hold up; to raise · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to give; to present; to offer · ichidan verb, transitive · humble
  3. to do (for someone) · auxiliary verb, ichidan verb · humble · after -te form of verb; more respectful than 〜して上げる

Example sentences

彼はトロフィーを高々と差し上げた。
He held the trophy up high.
飲み物を差し上げましょうか。
May I offer you a drink?

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 差し上げる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary差し上げるさしあげる sashiageru
Polite (~masu)差し上げますさしあげます sashiagemasu
Negative差し上げないさしあげない sashiagenai
Polite negative差し上げませんさしあげません sashiagemasen
Past差し上げたさしあげた sashiageta
Polite past差し上げましたさしあげました sashiagemashita
Negative past差し上げなかったさしあげなかった sashiagenakatta
Te-form差し上げてさしあげて sashiagete
Potential差し上げられるさしあげられる sashiagerareru
Passive差し上げられるさしあげられる sashiagerareru
Causative差し上げさせるさしあげさせる sashiagesaseru
Volitional差し上げようさしあげよう sashiageyou
Imperative差し上げろさしあげろ sashiagero
Conditional (~ba)差し上げればさしあげれば sashiagereba

Kanji in 差し上げる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 差し上げる.

Source: JMdict entry 1291270 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.