挙げる
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Japanese
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 挙 |
| あ Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 擧げる (kyūjitai) |
See 上げる (ageru).
Pronunciation
- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「挙げる」
| Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) |
挙げる | あげる | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 挙げろ | あげろ | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 挙げられる | あげられる | |
| Causative | 挙げさせる | あげさせる | |
| Potential | 挙げられる | あげられる | |
| Volitional | 挙げよう | あげよー | |
| Negative | 挙げない | あげない | |
| Negative perfective | 挙げなかった | あげなかった | |
| Formal | 挙げます | あげます | |
| Perfective | 挙げた | あげた | |
| Conjunctive | 挙げて | あげて | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 挙げれば | あげれば | |
Verb
挙げる • (ageru) transitive ichidan (stem 挙げ (age), past 挙げた (ageta))
- raise
- give (an example)
- 例を挙げてみれば […]
- Rei o agetemireba
- Giving an example
- 例を挙げてみれば […]
- put all of one's efforts into
- nominate
- hold a ceremony
Conjugation
Conjugation of "挙げる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 挙げ | あげ | age | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 挙げ | あげ | age | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 挙げる | あげる | ageru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 挙げる | あげる | ageru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 挙げれ | あげれ | agere | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 挙げよ¹ 挙げろ² |
あげよ¹ あげろ² |
ageyo¹ agero² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 挙げられる | あげられる | agerareru | |
| Causative | 挙げさせる 挙げさす |
あげさせる あげさす |
agesaseru agesasu | |
| Potential | 挙げられる 挙げれる³ |
あげられる あげれる³ |
agerareru agereru³ | |
| Volitional | 挙げよう | あげよう | ageyō | |
| Negative | 挙げない 挙げぬ 挙げん |
あげない あげぬ あげん |
agenai agenu agen | |
| Negative continuative | 挙げず | あげず | agezu | |
| Formal | 挙げます | あげます | agemasu | |
| Perfective | 挙げた | あげた | ageta | |
| Conjunctive | 挙げて | あげて | agete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 挙げれば | あげれば | agereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “あ・げる 【上・揚・挙】
”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
