切り上げる・切上げる|きりあげるkiriageru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
切り上げる切り上げる is the most common written form and the form learners should normally choose when writing this word.
切上げる切上げる is a less common mixed kanji-and-kana spelling of the same word; readers may encounter it, but 切り上げる is preferable for beginners.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto close (at a certain point); to cut short; to stop early; to finish (at a convenient spot)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto round up (number)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto revalue (currency)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 切り上げる（きりあげる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 切り上げます（きりあげます） |
| Negative (nai) | 切り上げない（きりあげない） |
| polite (masen) | 切り上げません（きりあげません） |
| classical zu / nu | 切り上げず・切り上げぬ（きりあげず・きりあげぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 切り上げた（きりあげた） |
| polite (mashita) | 切り上げました（きりあげました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 切り上げなかった（きりあげなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 切り上げませんでした（きりあげませんでした） |
| Te form | 切り上げて（きりあげて） |
| Potential | 切り上げられる（きりあげられる） |
| Passive | 切り上げられる（きりあげられる） |
| Causative | 切り上げさせる（きりあげさせる） |
| Causative passive | 切り上げさせられる（きりあげさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 切り上げれば（きりあげれば） |
| tara | 切り上げたら（きりあげたら） |
| Volitional | 切り上げよう（きりあげよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 切り上げましょう（きりあげましょう） |
| Imperative | 切り上げろ（きりあげろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym打ち切るうちきるNeutralMeans stopping something midway before it is finished, as in 「連載打ち切り」 or 「話し合いを打ち切る」; 「切り上げる」 is about wrapping up at a suitable point.
- Related断つたつNeutralMeans cutting off or severing completely, as in 「酒を断つ」 or 「消息を絶つ」; the focus is on a clean, total break.
- Related中絶ちゅうぜつNeutralMeans breaking off partway through, but in modern usage it usually means abortion; on its own, that is the default reading.
- Related中断ちゅうだんNeutralMeans pausing partway through, with the activity possibly resuming later, as in 「試合中断」; the focus is on the interruption itself.
- Related短縮たんしゅくNeutralMeans shortening time or distance, as in 「営業時間の短縮」; the focus is on making something shorter.
- Related縮めるちぢめるNeutralA verb meaning to shorten or reduce, as in 「距離を縮める」; the focus is on narrowing a gap.
- Related停止ていしNeutralMeans a machine or activity coming to a stop, as in 「エンジン停止」 or 「営業停止」; 「切り上げる」 is finishing at a convenient point.
- Related中止ちゅうしNeutralMeans cancelling or calling off a planned event, as in 「雨天中止」; the focus is on the event not taking place.
- Related切るきるNeutralMeans cutting or trimming, and by extension switching off or severing a relationship; the widest-ranging of these words.
- Related休止きゅうしNeutralMeans pausing or resting for a while, as in 「運転休止」; the focus is on a temporary stop.
- Related留めるとどめるNeutralMeans to stop something or keep it, as in 「記憶にとどめる」; the focus is on retaining it as is.
- RelatedストップCasualA loanword meaning to stop or call a halt; colloquial, with the focus on stopping right away.
- Related止めるとめるNeutralMeans to stop something or confine it within a range, as in 「被害を最小限にとどめる」; the focus is on limiting the extent.
- RelatedよすNeutralA suffix attached to a verb meaning left half-done, as in 「読みさしの本」; 「切り上げる」 is an active, deliberate finish.
- Related取りやめるとりやめるNeutralMeans calling off a planned event, as in 「旅行を取りやめる」; the focus is on cancelling before it happens.
- Related差し止めるさしとめるFormalFormal word for barring or prohibiting an action, as in 「出版差し止め」; common in legal and administrative contexts.
- Antonym切り捨てるきりすてるNeutralAntonym: for numbers it means discarding the tail and rounding down, the opposite of the rounding up done by 「切り上げる」.
Use 「切り上げる」 to finish work at a good stopping point or wrap up early, as in 「仕事を早めに切り上げる」; it also covers rounding numbers up. For cutting something off midway say 「打ち切る」, for cancelling say 「中止」, and for rounding down say 「切り捨てる」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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