見上げる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
見 上
み
Grade: 1 		あ
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 みあげる
みあげ​る
Imperative (命令形) 見上げろ みあげろ
みあげ​ろ
Key constructions
Passive 見上げられる みあげられる
みあげられ​る
Causative 見上げさせる みあげさせる
みあげさせ​る
Potential 見上げられる みあげられる
みあげられ​る
Volitional 見上げよう みあげよ​ー
Negative 見上げない みあげない
みあげ​ない
Negative perfective 見上げなかった みあげな​かった
みあげ​なかった
Formal 見上げます みあげま​す
Perfective 見上げた みあげた
みあ​げた
Conjunctive 見上げて みあげて
みあ​げて
Hypothetical conditional 見上げれば みあげれ​ば
みあげ​れば

Verb

見(み)上(あ)げる • (miageru) transitive ichidan (stem 見(み)上(あ)げ (miage), past 見(み)上(あ)げた (miageta))

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of "見上げる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 見上げ みあげ miage
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 見上げ みあげ miage
Shūshikei ("terminal") 見上げる みあげる miageru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 見上げる みあげる miageru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 見上げれ みあげれ miagere
Meireikei ("imperative") 見上げよ¹
見上げろ² 		みあげよ¹
みあげろ² 		miageyo¹
miagero²
Key constructions
Passive 見上げられる みあげられる miagerareru
Causative 見上げさせる
見上げさす 		みあげさせる
みあげさす 		miagesaseru
miagesasu
Potential 見上げられる
見上げれる³ 		みあげられる
みあげれる³ 		miagerareru
miagereru³
Volitional 見上げよう みあげよう miageyō
Negative 見上げない
見上げぬ
見上げん 		みあげない
みあげぬ
みあげん 		miagenai
miagenu
miagen
Negative continuative 見上げず みあげず miagezu
Formal 見上げます みあげます miagemasu
Perfective 見上げた みあげた miageta
Conjunctive 見上げて みあげて miagete
Hypothetical conditional 見上げれば みあげれば miagereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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