よみあげる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
読み上げる 読上げる (dated)

Etymology

From 読(よ)み (yomi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)む (yomu).”) + 上(あ)げる (ageru).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よみあげ​る [yòmíágéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) よみあげる [yòmíágérú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞mʲia̠ɡe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "読み上げる"

Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	読み上げる	よみあげ​る	[yòmíágéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形)	読み上げろ	よみあげ​ろ	[yòmíágéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive	読み上げられる	よみあげられ​る	[yòmíágéráréꜜrù]
Causative	読み上げさせる	よみあげさせ​る	[yòmíágésáséꜜrù]
Potential	読み上げられる	よみあげられ​る	[yòmíágéráréꜜrù]
Volitional	読み上げよう	よみあげよ​ー	[yòmíágéyóꜜò]
Negative	読み上げない	よみあげ​ない	[yòmíágéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective	読み上げなかった	よみあげ​なかった	[yòmíágéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal	読み上げます	よみあげま​す	[yòmíágémáꜜsù]
Perfective	読み上げた	よみあ​げた	[yòmíáꜜgètà]
Conjunctive	読み上げて	よみあ​げて	[yòmíáꜜgètè]
Hypothetical conditional	読み上げれば	よみあげ​れば	[yòmíágéꜜrèbà]

Verb

よみあげる • (yomiageru) transitive ichidan (stem よみあげ (yomiage), past よみあげた (yomiageta))

1. to read aloud

   テキスト読(よ)み上(あ)げソフト

   tekisuto yomiage sofuto

   TTS software

2. to finish reading

Conjugation

Conjugation of "よみあげる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	よみあげ	yomiage
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	よみあげ	yomiage
Shūshikei ("terminal")	よみあげる	yomiageru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	よみあげる	yomiageru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	よみあげれ	yomiagere
Meireikei ("imperative")	よみあげよ¹ よみあげろ²	yomiageyo¹ yomiagero²
Key constructions
Passive	よみあげられる	yomiagerareru
Causative	よみあげさせる よみあげさす	yomiagesaseru yomiagesasu
Potential	よみあげられる よみあげれる³	yomiagerareru yomiagereru³
Volitional	よみあげよう	yomiageyō
Negative	よみあげない よみあげぬ よみあげん	yomiagenai yomiagenu yomiagen
Negative continuative	よみあげず	yomiagezu
Formal	よみあげます	yomiagemasu
Perfective	よみあげた	yomiageta
Conjunctive	よみあげて	yomiagete
Hypothetical conditional	よみあげれば	yomiagereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential