仕上げる

仕上げる

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

• 為上げる (less common)

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

• (Tokyo) しあが​る [shìágáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕia̠ɡa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

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

1. to finish something, to finish up something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "仕上げる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	仕上げ	しあげ	shiage
Continuative (連用形)	仕上げ	しあげ	shiage
Terminal (終止形)	仕上げる	しあげる	shiageru
Attributive (連体形)	仕上げる	しあげる	shiageru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	仕上げれ	しあげれ	shiagere
Imperative (命令形)	仕上げよ¹ 仕上げろ²	しあげよ¹ しあげろ²	shiageyo¹ shiagero²
Key constructions
Passive	仕上げられる	しあげられる	shiagerareru
Causative	仕上げさせる 仕上げさす	しあげさせる しあげさす	shiagesaseru shiagesasu
Potential	仕上げられる 仕上げれる³	しあげられる しあげれる³	shiagerareru shiagereru³
Volitional	仕上げよう	しあげよう	shiageyō
Negative	仕上げない 仕上げぬ 仕上げん	しあげない しあげぬ しあげん	shiagenai shiagenu shiagen
Negative continuative	仕上げず	しあげず	shiagezu
Formal	仕上げます	しあげます	shiagemasu
Perfective	仕上げた	しあげた	shiageta
Conjunctive	仕上げて	しあげて	shiagete
Hypothetical conditional	仕上げれば	しあげれば	shiagereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Related terms

• 仕 (し)上 (あ)がる (shiagaru): (intransitive) to be done, to be finished
• 仕 (し)上 (あ)げ (shiage): (noun) the finish of something, finishing

References

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