見上げる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「見上げる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
見上げる あげる
あげ

Imperative (命令形) 見上げろ あげろ
あげ

Key constructions
Passive 見上げられる あげられる
あげられ

Causative 見上げさせる あげさせる
あげさせ

Potential 見上げられる あげられる
あげられ

Volitional 見上げよう あげよ
Negative 見上げない あげない
あげない

Negative perfective 見上げなかった あげなかった
あげなかった

Formal 見上げます あげま
Perfective 見上げた あげた
げた

Conjunctive 見上げて あげて
げて

Hypothetical conditional 見上げれば あげれ
あげれば

Verb

()()げる (miagerutransitive ichidan (stem ()() (miage), past ()()げた (miageta))

  1. look up
    星空(ほしぞら)見上(みあ)げる
    hoshizora o miageru
    look up at the starry sky

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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