仕上げる|しあげるshiageru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish offユミは１日でそれを仕上げられません。↗Yumi can't finish it in a day.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 仕上げる（しあげる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 仕上げます（しあげます） |
| Negative (nai) | 仕上げない（しあげない） |
| polite (masen) | 仕上げません（しあげません） |
| classical zu / nu | 仕上げず・仕上げぬ（しあげず・しあげぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 仕上げた（しあげた） |
| polite (mashita) | 仕上げました（しあげました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 仕上げなかった（しあげなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 仕上げませんでした（しあげませんでした） |
| Te form | 仕上げて（しあげて） |
| Potential | 仕上げられる（しあげられる） |
| Passive | 仕上げられる（しあげられる） |
| Causative | 仕上げさせる（しあげさせる） |
| Causative passive | 仕上げさせられる（しあげさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 仕上げれば（しあげれば） |
| tara | 仕上げたら（しあげたら） |
| Volitional | 仕上げよう（しあげよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 仕上げましょう（しあげましょう） |
| Imperative | 仕上げろ（しあげろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
作品を仕上げる
仕上がる emphasizes that a work reaches a finished state (as in 作品が仕上がる), while 仕上げる focuses on the deliberate act of bringing it to completion (作品を仕上げる).
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym終えるおえるNeutralThe most broadly used word for finishing or ending something; 「仕上げる」 specifically stresses bringing the work to a finished, polished state.
- Synonym成し遂げるなしとげるNeutralFor accomplishing a great undertaking or something difficult; 「仕上げる」 is about the final touches on a piece of work or a work.
- Synonym完成かんせいNeutralA noun (somewhat formal) for completion; 「仕上げる」 is the verb and stresses making something and putting on the finishing touches.
- Synonym完了かんりょうNeutralUsed for procedures or processes being completed, as in 「登録完了」; 「仕上げる」 stresses getting work or a work into finished form.
- SynonymフィニッシュNeutralA loanword for the finish of something, or a landing in gymnastics; 「仕上げる」 is the more everyday choice.
- Synonymし終えるしおえるNeutralMeans simply getting something done, with the focus on the act of finishing; 「仕上げる」 stresses producing a finished piece and giving it the final touches.
- Synonymなし終えるなしおえるWrittenWritten-style word for finishing something, and rare; 「仕上げる」 stresses turning the work into a finished product.
- Synonymし遂げるしとげるNeutralMeans seeing something through to achievement, but is rare; 「仕上げる」 focuses on finishing and polishing the end product.
- Related終わるおわるNeutralMostly intransitive, for something simply ending; 「仕上げる」 is transitive and means actively getting the work done and done well.
- RelatedしまうNeutralOn its own, finishing or ending is an old-fashioned use; today it mostly appears as 「〜てしまう」 or means putting things away; 「仕上げる」 stresses a finished product.
- Related済ますすますNeutralFor getting something over and done with or settling it, and also for making do without something; 「仕上げる」 stresses producing finished work.
- Relatedなし終わるなしおわるWrittenWritten-style word meaning to be finished, and rare; 「仕上げる」 stresses making the work into a finished product.
- Related了するりょうするWrittenWritten-style word for completing or understanding, and rare; 「仕上げる」 is the more concrete choice.
- Antonym中断するNeutralTo interrupt or suspend something — the opposite of 「仕上げる」, which carries the work through to the finishing touches.
Use 「仕上げる」 for getting work or a piece of work done and polished, as in 「レポートを仕上げる」 — it often implies the final touches. For finishing in general say 「終える」; for accomplishing something great, 「成し遂げる」; as a noun, 「完成」; for a completed procedure, 「完了」; and for stopping midway, 「中断する」.
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Japanese definitions
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