召し上がる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Etymology

Compound of 召し (meshi, taking”, stem of Old Japanese honorific verb mesu, “to see, to look at”, by extension an honorific for “to take, to eat) +‎ 上がる (agaru, to rise”, used honorifically to mean “to take up, to eat).

Pronunciation

  • Kun'yomi
  • IPA: [me̞ɕia̠ga̠ɾ̠ɯᵝ], [me̞ɕia̠ŋa̠ɾ̠ɯᵝ]

Verb

召し上がる (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana めしあがる, romaji meshiagaru)

  1. (honorific) to eat

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Last modified on 31 March 2013, at 20:16