上がる・上げる
Meanings
- to finish something
- something comes to an end
- to complete something
- to do something completely
- to do something through to the end
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Explanation
上がる and 上げる are used to express completion or reaching a final state of an action or process. The intransitive 上がる focuses on the completion or culmination of something that happens or progresses, often used with projects, tasks, or conditions. The transitive 上げる emphasizes bringing something to completion by one’s own effort or action. These forms are common in workplace, project, or event contexts to convey that work has been completed, morale or prices have risen, or an activity has been carried through to the end. When used with nouns, 上がる can indicate a rising state (e.g., morale, quality) and 上げる indicates causing that rise or completion for something else.
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Example sentences
I will finish this document by today.
We finally completed the presentation.
The project has come along/ its progress is going smoothly toward completion.
There is a possibility that the price will go up.
He achieved results through his efforts.
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