差し上げる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
差 上
さ
Grade: 4
あ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さしあげる [sàshíágérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) さしあげ​る [sàshíágéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ɕia̠ɡe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "差し上げる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
差し上げる さしあげる [sàshíágérú]
Imperative (命令形) 差し上げろ さしあげろ [sàshíágéró]
Key constructions
Passive 差し上げられる さしあげられる [sàshíágérárérú]
Causative 差し上げさせる さしあげさせる [sàshíágésásérú]
Potential 差し上げられる さしあげられる [sàshíágérárérú]
Volitional 差し上げよう さしあげよ​ー [sàshíágéyóꜜò]
Negative 差し上げない さしあげない [sàshíágénáí]
Negative perfective 差し上げなかった さしあげな​かった [sàshíágénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 差し上げます さしあげま​す [sàshíágémáꜜsù]
Perfective 差し上げた さしあげた [sàshíágétá]
Conjunctive 差し上げて さしあげて [sàshíágété]
Hypothetical conditional 差し上げれば さしあげれ​ば [sàshíágéréꜜbà]

Verb

差(さ)し上(あ)げる • (sashiageru) transitive ichidan (stem 差(さ)し上(あ)げ (sashiage), past 差(さ)し上(あ)げた (sashiageta))

  1. lift up, raise
    大(おお)きな石(いし)を頭上高々(ずじょうたかだか)と差(さ)し上(あ)げた
    ōkina ishi o zujō takadaka to sashiageta
    Raised the big stone high above the head
  2. (humble) give
    この鏡(かがみ)をあなたに差(さ)し上(あ)げます
    kono kagami o anata ni sashiagemasu
    This mirror is for you

Usage notes

The giver is always the speaker or someone close to the speaker such as a family member. The receiver is always someone of higher social status than the speaker.

Conjugation

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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