作り上げる・創り上げる・造り上げる|つくりあげるtsukuriageru[5]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
作り上げる作り上げる is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners; it uses a mixed kanji-and-kana spelling.
創り上げる創り上げる is less common than 作り上げる and uses a mixed kanji-and-kana spelling; it remains a possible written variant, but beginners should choose 作り上げる.
造り上げる造り上げる is less common than 創り上げる and uses a mixed kanji-and-kana spelling; it remains a possible written variant, but beginners should choose 作り上げる.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto build up; to complete; to construct; to create; to put together
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto make up; to fabricate; to invent; to cook up
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 作り上げる（つくりあげる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 作り上げます（つくりあげます） |
| Negative (nai) | 作り上げない（つくりあげない） |
| polite (masen) | 作り上げません（つくりあげません） |
| classical zu / nu | 作り上げず・作り上げぬ（つくりあげず・つくりあげぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 作り上げた（つくりあげた） |
| polite (mashita) | 作り上げました（つくりあげました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 作り上げなかった（つくりあげなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 作り上げませんでした（つくりあげませんでした） |
| Te form | 作り上げて（つくりあげて） |
| Potential | 作り上げられる（つくりあげられる） |
| Passive | 作り上げられる（つくりあげられる） |
| Causative | 作り上げさせる（つくりあげさせる） |
| Causative passive | 作り上げさせられる（つくりあげさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 作り上げれば（つくりあげれば） |
| tara | 作り上げたら（つくりあげたら） |
| Volitional | 作り上げよう（つくりあげよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 作り上げましょう（つくりあげましょう） |
| Imperative | 作り上げろ（つくりあげろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym作り出すつくりだすNeutralNeutral: to create or produce something out of nothing. 「作り上げる」 instead stresses carrying a work through to completion, and can also mean making something up.
- Synonym作るつくるNeutralNeutral and the most general word for making or producing; 「作り上げる」 emphasizes getting something finished, built all the way to the end.
- Synonym形作るかたちづくるWrittenWritten/formal prose: to shape or mold something into form. 「作り上げる」 focuses on finishing a work.
- Synonym製作せいさくWrittenWritten/formal prose: making things with tools or machinery, or producing films and shows. 「作り上げる」 stresses getting things finished.
- Synonym作製さくせいWrittenWritten/formal prose: producing an object or a work. 「作り上げる」 emphasizes completion.
- Synonym作成さくせいWrittenWritten/formal prose: drawing up documents or plans, as in 「報告書を作成する」. 「作り上げる」 stresses seeing a job through—plans, works, or systems alike.
- Synonym制作せいさくWrittenWritten/formal prose: creating artistic works such as films or books. 「作り上げる」 emphasizes bringing things to completion.
- Synonym創造そうぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose: creating something entirely new and original. 「作り上げる」 leans toward completing what you build.
- Synonym創作そうさくWrittenWritten/formal prose: original creative work, and by extension a made-up story or fabrication. 「作り上げる」 leans toward completion.
- Synonym組み立てるくみたてるNeutralNeutral verb: to assemble parts or put structures up. 「作り上げる」 points to the final completed result.
- Synonym製造せいぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose: manufacturing in factories or industry. 「作り上げる」 leans toward finishing something.
- Synonym生産せいさんWrittenWritten/formal prose: producing goods and materials. 「作り上げる」 leans toward completion.
- Synonym建設けんせつWrittenWritten/formal prose: constructing buildings and infrastructure. 「作り上げる」 is broader, covering any finished work.
- Synonym仕立てるしたてるNeutralNeutral verb: to tailor clothes, to train someone up, or to dress something up as something else. 「作り上げる」 is broader.
- Synonym形成けいせいWrittenWritten/formal prose: forming or shaping something. 「作り上げる」 stresses completion by human hand.
- SynonymこしらえるCasualColloquial: to make or get something ready. 「作り上げる」 emphasizes getting it fully done.
- Synonym創出そうしゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose: bringing something new into existence. 「作り上げる」 leans toward completing what you make.
- Related成形せいけいWrittenWritten/formal prose: molding or shaping material into a set form. 「作り上げる」 leans toward completing the whole.
- Related生成せいせいWrittenWritten/formal prose: generation—things arising naturally or within a system. 「作り上げる」 stresses finishing by human effort.
- Related工作こうさくNeutralNeutral: handicrafts and simple construction, or behind-the-scenes maneuvering as in 「裏工作」. 「作り上げる」 leans toward completion.
- Related生むうむNeutralNeutral: to give birth or to give rise to something new. 「作り上げる」 stresses completion through human effort.
- RelatedこさえるCasualColloquial: to make or get something ready. 「作り上げる」 emphasizes getting it fully done.
- Related製するせいするWrittenWritten/formal prose, often literary: to make or manufacture, as in 「鉄を製する」. 「作り上げる」 leans toward completion.
- RelatedクリエートCasualColloquial loanword for create, common in the advertising world. 「作り上げる」 is a native word that stresses completion.
- Antonym壊すこわすNeutralNeutral antonym: to break, wreck, or demolish what has been made—the direct opposite of 「作り上げる」.
- Antonym破壊するWrittenWritten/formal prose antonym: to destroy, wholly or in part—the opposite of 「作り上げる」, which builds things up.
Use 「作り上げる」 when a work, system, or structure is carried through to completion; it can also mean fabricating something that never happened, as in 「話を作り上げる」. For making things in general pick 「作る」, for creating something from nothing 「作り出す」, and for assembling parts 「組み立てる」; the opposite of building up is 「壊す」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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