挙げる

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
挙
あ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
擧げる (kyūjitai)

See 上(あ)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 [àgérú]
Imperative (命令形) 挙げろ あげろ [àgéró]
Key constructions
Passive 挙げられる あげられる [àgérárérú]
Causative 挙げさせる あげさせる [àgésásérú]
Potential 挙げられる あげられる [àgérárérú]
Volitional 挙げよう あげよ​ー [àgéyóꜜò]
Negative 挙げない あげない [àgénáí]
Negative perfective 挙げなかった あげな​かった [àgénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 挙げます あげま​す [àgémáꜜsù]
Perfective 挙げた あげた [àgétá]
Conjunctive 挙げて あげて [àgété]
Hypothetical conditional 挙げれば あげれ​ば [àgéréꜜbà]

Verb

挙(あ)げる • (ageru) transitive ichidan (stem 挙(あ)げ (age), past 挙(あ)げた (ageta))

  1. raise
  2. give (an example)
    例(れい)を挙(あ)げてみれば […]
    Rei o agetemireba […]
    Giving an example […]
  3. put all of one's efforts into
  4. nominate
  5. hold a ceremony

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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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