差し上げる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
差 上
さ
Grade: 4 		あ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "差し上げる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		差し上げる さしあげる
Imperative (命令形) 差し上げろ さしあげろ
Key constructions
Passive 差し上げられる さしあげられる
Causative 差し上げさせる さしあげさせる
Potential 差し上げられる さしあげられる
Volitional 差し上げよう さしあげよ​ー
Negative 差し上げない さしあげない
Negative perfective 差し上げなかった さしあげな​かった
Formal 差し上げます さしあげま​す
Perfective 差し上げた さしあげた
Conjunctive 差し上げて さしあげて
Hypothetical conditional 差し上げれば さしあげれ​ば

Verb

差(さ)し上(あ)げる • (sashiageru) transitive ichidan (stem 差(さ)し上(あ)げ (sashiage), past 差(さ)し上(あ)げた (sashiageta))

  1. lift up, raise
    大(おお)きな石(いし)を頭上高々(ずじょうたかだか)と差(さ)し上(あ)げた
    ōkina ishi o zujō takadaka to sashiageta
    Raised the big stone high above the head
  2. (humble) give
    この鏡(かがみ)をあなたに差(さ)し上(あ)げます
    kono kagami o anata ni sashiagemasu
    This mirror is for you

Usage notes

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

Conjugation of "差し上げる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 差し上げ さしあげ sashiage
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 差し上げ さしあげ sashiage
Shūshikei ("terminal") 差し上げる さしあげる sashiageru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 差し上げる さしあげる sashiageru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 差し上げれ さしあげれ sashiagere
Meireikei ("imperative") 差し上げよ¹
差し上げろ² 		さしあげよ¹
さしあげろ² 		sashiageyo¹
sashiagero²
Key constructions
Passive 差し上げられる さしあげられる sashiagerareru
Causative 差し上げさせる
差し上げさす 		さしあげさせる
さしあげさす 		sashiagesaseru
sashiagesasu
Potential 差し上げられる
差し上げれる³ 		さしあげられる
さしあげれる³ 		sashiagerareru
sashiagereru³
Volitional 差し上げよう さしあげよう sashiageyō
Negative 差し上げない
差し上げぬ
差し上げん 		さしあげない
さしあげぬ
さしあげん 		sashiagenai
sashiagenu
sashiagen
Negative continuative 差し上げず さしあげず sashiagezu
Formal 差し上げます さしあげます sashiagemasu
Perfective 差し上げた さしあげた sashiageta
Conjunctive 差し上げて さしあげて sashiagete
Hypothetical conditional 差し上げれば さしあげれば sashiagereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

See also

References

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