仕上げる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
仕 上
し
Grade: 3 		あ
Grade: 1
on'yomi kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of し (shi, “doing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb する suru “to do”) +‎ 上げる (ageru, “to raise up; to bring to an end”).[1] Derived via regular historical processes from older 仕上ぐ (shiagu), a 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verb.[1][2]

Compare the English expression to do something up → to do something thoroughly.

The 仕 kanji for the first character is an example of phonetic ateji.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Verb

仕(し)上(あ)げる • (shiageru) transitive ichidan (stem 仕(し)上(あ)げ (shiage), past 仕(し)上(あ)げた (shiageta))

  1. to finish something, to finish up something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "仕上げる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 仕上げ しあげ shiage
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 仕上げ しあげ shiage
Shūshikei ("terminal") 仕上げる しあげる shiageru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 仕上げる しあげる shiageru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 仕上げれ しあげれ shiagere
Meireikei ("imperative") 仕上げよ¹
仕上げろ² 		しあげよ¹
しあげろ² 		shiageyo¹
shiagero²
Key constructions
Passive 仕上げられる しあげられる shiagerareru
Causative 仕上げさせる
仕上げさす 		しあげさせる
しあげさす 		shiagesaseru
shiagesasu
Potential 仕上げられる
仕上げれる³ 		しあげられる
しあげれる³ 		shiagerareru
shiagereru³
Volitional 仕上げよう しあげよう shiageyō
Negative 仕上げない
仕上げぬ
仕上げん 		しあげない
しあげぬ
しあげん 		shiagenai
shiagenu
shiagen
Negative continuative 仕上げず しあげず shiagezu
Formal 仕上げます しあげます shiagemasu
Perfective 仕上げた しあげた shiageta
Conjunctive 仕上げて しあげて shiagete
Hypothetical conditional 仕上げれば しあげれば shiagereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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