JLPT N5 vocabulary
上げる: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
あげる0Heiban · flat
Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
Meaning
- to raise, elevate
- to put up (one's hair)
- to fly (a kite, etc.), launch (fireworks, etc.), bring to the surface (a submarine, etc.)
- to land (a boat)
- to show someone into a room
- to give (polite)
- to send someone away
- to enroll a child in school
- to increase (price, quality, status, etc.), develop (talent, skill), improve
- to make (a loud sound), raise (one's voice)
- to earn (something desirable)
- to praise
- to give (an example, etc.), cite
- to summon up (all one's energy, etc.)
- to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.)
- to bear (a child)
- to conduct (a ceremony, especially a wedding)
- (of the tide) to come in
- to vomit
- to do for someone else's sake (polite auxiliary, after the -te form of a verb)
- to complete ... (suffix, after the -masu stem of a verb)
- to humbly do ... (suffix, after the -masu stem of a humble verb, to increase the level of humility)

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 上げる | 上げ |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 上げ | 上げ |
| Polite presentます形 | 上げ | 上げ |
| Polite pastました形 | 上げ | 上げ |
| Te-formて形 | 上げ | 上げ |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 上げ | 上げ |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 上げ | 上げ |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 上げ | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 上げ | 上げ |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 上げ | 上げる |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 上げ | 上げ |
| Passive受身形 | 上げ | 上げ |
| Make / let使役形 | 上げ | 上げ |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 上げ | 上げ |
Example sentences
あなたは、 だれでも欲しい人にこの写真をあげてもいい。
You may give this picture to whoever wants it.
彼の力なくしては、我々は一勝も上げることはできなかったろう。
Without his strength, we probably would not have even won a single game.