捧げる

捧げる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
捧
ささ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
擎げる

Etymology

From Old Japanese verb 捧ぐ (sasagu), a contraction of 差し上ぐ, whence also modern Japanese 差し上げる (sashiageru).[1]

Development

Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ささげる [sàságérú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠sa̠ɡe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

捧(ささ)げる • (sasageru) transitive ichidan (stem 捧(ささ)げ (sasage), past 捧(ささ)げた (sasageta))

1. to give

   君(きみ)に捧(ささ)げるこの愛(あい)の歌(うた)

   kimi ni sasageru kono ai no uta

   this love song I give to you

2. to offer, sacrifice
   • 2017, “Offer Up Your Hearts!”, in Attack on Locus, performed by Linked Horizon:

     捧(ささ)げよ！ 捧(ささ)げよ！ 心臓(しんぞう)を捧(ささ)げよ！ 全(すべ)ての犠牲(ぎせい)は今(いま)この瞬間(とき)のために！
     捧(ささ)げよ！ 捧(ささ)げよ！ 心臓(しんぞう)を捧(ささ)げよ！ 進(すす)むべき未来(みらい)をその手(て)で切(き)り拓(ひら)け

     Sasageyo! Sasageyo! Shinzō o sasageyo! Subete no gisei wa ima kono toki no tame ni!
     Sasageyo! Sasageyo! Shinzō o sasageyo! Susumu beki mirai o sono te de kirihirake

     Offer up! Offer up! Offer up your hearts! All our sacrifices were for this moment!
     Offer up! Offer up! Offer up your hearts! With your own hands, open a path to our rightful future!

3. to devote, dedicate
4. to raise both hands to near the eye level
5. to raise one's voice
6. to put up
7. to display

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	捧げ	ささげ	sasage
Continuative (連用形)	捧げ	ささげ	sasage
Terminal (終止形)	捧げる	ささげる	sasageru
Attributive (連体形)	捧げる	ささげる	sasageru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	捧げれ	ささげれ	sasagere
Imperative (命令形)	捧げよ¹ 捧げろ²	ささげよ¹ ささげろ²	sasageyo¹ sasagero²
Key constructions
Passive	捧げられる	ささげられる	sasagerareru
Causative	捧げさせる 捧げさす	ささげさせる ささげさす	sasagesaseru sasagesasu
Potential	捧げられる 捧げれる³	ささげられる ささげれる³	sasagerareru sasagereru³
Volitional	捧げよう	ささげよう	sasageyō
Negative	捧げない 捧げぬ 捧げん	ささげない ささげぬ ささげん	sasagenai sasagenu sasagen
Negative continuative	捧げず	ささげず	sasagezu
Formal	捧げます	ささげます	sasagemasu
Perfective	捧げた	ささげた	sasageta
Conjunctive	捧げて	ささげて	sasagete
Hypothetical conditional	捧げれば	ささげれば	sasagereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 捧(ささ)げ (sasage)
• 捧(ささ)げ銃(つつ) (sasagetsutsu)
• 捧(ささ)げ刀(とう) (sasagetō)
• 捧(ささ)げ持(も)つ (sasagemotsu)
• 捧(ささ)げ物(もの) (sasagemono)

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