Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 1
on’yomi kun’yomi

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compound of (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 upto do something thoroughly.

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

Pronunciation edit

  • 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 あげ [shìágéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 仕上げろ あげ [shìágéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 仕上げられる あげられ [shìágéráréꜜrù]
Causative 仕上げさせる あげさせ [shìágésáséꜜrù]
Potential 仕上げられる あげられ [shìágéráréꜜrù]
Volitional 仕上げよう あげよ [shìágéyóꜜò]
Negative 仕上げない あげない [shìágéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 仕上げなかった あげなかった [shìágéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 仕上げます あげま [shìágémáꜜsù]
Perfective 仕上げた げた [shìáꜜgètà]
Conjunctive 仕上げて げて [shìáꜜgètè]
Hypothetical conditional 仕上げれば あげれば [shìágéꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

()()げる (shiagerutransitive ichidan (stem ()() (shiage), past ()()げた (shiageta))

  1. to finish something, to finish up something

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN