上げる
Meaning
Finish doing A completely; bring A to completion (often a finished product or result achieved with effort)
Conjugation
(A)Vます stem + 上げる
Examples
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妹の誕生日のケーキを焼き上げた。
一晩でレポートを書き上げた。
三年かけて、この絵を描き上げました。
母は一人で三人の子供を育て上げた。
父は一時間かけて、靴をピカピカに磨き上げた。
チーム全員で力を合わせて、新しいアプリを作り上げた。
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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 昨日、あの小説を読み上げた。 (meaning 'I finished reading that novel')
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 昨日、あの小説を読み終えた。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: 読み上げる means 'to read aloud'. To say you finished reading, use 読み終える or 読み切る.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 晩ご飯を食べ上げた。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 晩ご飯を食べ終えた。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: 食べ上げる is a valid but less neutral expression meaning 'eat up completely.' For simply saying that dinner was finished, 食べ終える is more natural.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 料理を出来上げた。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 料理が出来上がった。 / 料理を作り上げた。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: 出来上がる is intransitive, so it takes が and has no actor. With an object marked by を, use the transitive 作り上げる.
Key points
Attach 上げる to the stem of a verb to say you carried an action through to the end, often producing something (a work, a report, a person) with effort and a sense of achievement. Compared with ~終える/~終わる, which simply says the action ended, ~上げる stresses accomplishment and is especially common with creating or refining verbs (作り上げる, 書き上げる, 仕上げる, 育て上げる). It can also be used with some everyday actions, such as 食べ上げる ('eat up completely'), although 食べ終える is more neutral for simply saying that a meal was finished. Be careful: 読み上げる means 'read aloud', not 'finish reading'.
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