JLPT N2 · Verb

見上げる (miageru)

見上げる (みあげる, miageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to look up at; to raise one's eyes”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
みあげる
Romaji
miageru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to look up at; to raise one's eyes · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to look up to; to admire; to respect · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

見上げると彼が入って来た。
Looking up, I saw him come in.

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

Conjugation of 見上げる

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary見上げるみあげる miageru
Polite (~masu)見上げますみあげます miagemasu
Negative見上げないみあげない miagenai
Polite negative見上げませんみあげません miagemasen
Past見上げたみあげた miageta
Polite past見上げましたみあげました miagemashita
Negative past見上げなかったみあげなかった miagenakatta
Te-form見上げてみあげて miagete
Potential見上げられるみあげられる miagerareru
Passive見上げられるみあげられる miagerareru
Causative見上げさせるみあげさせる miagesaseru
Volitional見上げようみあげよう miageyou
Imperative見上げろみあげろ miagero
Conditional (~ba)見上げればみあげれば miagereba

Kanji in 見上げる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 見上げる.

Source: JMdict entry 1259740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.