持ち上げる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
持 上
も
Grade: 3 		あ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
持上げる

Etymology

持(も)ち (mochi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 持(も)つ (motsu, “to hold”)) + 上(あ)げる (ageru, “to raise, to lift”)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「持ち上げる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		持ち上げる もちあげる
もちあげる
Imperative (命令形) 持ち上げろ もちあげろ
もちあげろ
Key constructions
Passive 持ち上げられる もちあげられる
もちあげられる
Causative 持ち上げさせる もちあげさせる
もちあげさせる
Potential 持ち上げられる もちあげられる
もちあげられる
Volitional 持ち上げよう もちあげよー
Negative 持ち上げない もちあげない
もちあげない
Negative perfective 持ち上げなかった もちあげなかった
もちあげなかった
Formal 持ち上げます もちあげます
Perfective 持ち上げた もちあげた
もちあげた
Conjunctive 持ち上げて もちあげて
もちあげて
Hypothetical conditional 持ち上げれば もちあげれば
もちあげれば

Verb

持(も)ち上(あ)げる • (mochiageru) transitive ichidan (stem 持(も)ち上(あ)げ (mochiage), past 持(も)ち上(あ)げた (mochiageta))

  1. to lift up, to raise up
  2. to praise, to flatter

Conjugation

Conjugation of "持ち上げる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 持ち上げ もちあげ mochiage
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 持ち上げ もちあげ mochiage
Shūshikei ("terminal") 持ち上げる もちあげる mochiageru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 持ち上げる もちあげる mochiageru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 持ち上げれ もちあげれ mochiagere
Meireikei ("imperative") 持ち上げよ¹
持ち上げろ² 		もちあげよ¹
もちあげろ² 		mochiageyo¹
mochiagero²
Key constructions
Passive 持ち上げられる もちあげられる mochiagerareru
Causative 持ち上げさせる
持ち上げさす 		もちあげさせる
もちあげさす 		mochiagesaseru
mochiagesasu
Potential 持ち上げられる
持ち上げれる³ 		もちあげられる
もちあげれる³ 		mochiagerareru
mochiagereru³
Volitional 持ち上げよう もちあげよう mochiageyō
Negative 持ち上げない
持ち上げぬ
持ち上げん 		もちあげない
もちあげぬ
もちあげん 		mochiagenai
mochiagenu
mochiagen
Negative continuative 持ち上げず もちあげず mochiagezu
Formal 持ち上げます もちあげます mochiagemasu
Perfective 持ち上げた もちあげた mochiageta
Conjunctive 持ち上げて もちあげて mochiagete
Hypothetical conditional 持ち上げれば もちあげれば mochiagereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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