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仕上げる

仕上げる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仕 上
し
Grade: 3 		あ
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Alternative forms

  • 為上げる (less common)

Verb

仕上げる ‎(transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana しあげる, romaji shiageru)

  1. to finish something, to finish up something

Conjugation

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References

  1. 1 2 3 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Etymology

Compound of し ‎(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 up → to do something thoroughly.

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

Pronunciation

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