引き上げる・引き揚げる|ひきあげるhikiageru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Which spelling to use
引き上げる引き上げる(ひきあげる) is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners. Use it as the default spelling in ordinary writing.
引き揚げる引き揚げる(ひきあげる) is less common than 引き上げる(ひきあげる). It is an alternative written form that you may encounter in text.
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto pull up; to drag up; to lift up
    引き上ひきあげてくれ。↗
    Give me a hoist.
  2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto increase; to raise (e.g. taxes)
    政府せいふは近々ちかじか、消費税しょうひぜいを引き上ひきあげるつもりなのかしら。↗
    Will the government raise the consumption tax soon?
  3. ichidan verb, transitive verbto withdraw; to leave; to pull out; to retire
    彼かれは夕食ゆうしょく後ご自室じしつに引き上ひきあげた。↗
    He retired to his own room after supper.
  4. ichidan verb, transitive verbto promote (someone to a higher position)
  5. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto return home
  6. ichidan verb, transitive verbto expedite the schedule
Conjugation
Dictionary form引き上げる(ひきあげる)
Polite (masu)引き上げます(ひきあげます)
Negative (nai)引き上げない(ひきあげない)
polite (masen)引き上げません(ひきあげません)
classical zu / nu引き上げず・引き上げぬ(ひきあげず・ひきあげぬ)
Past (ta)引き上げた(ひきあげた)
polite (mashita)引き上げました(ひきあげました)
Past negative (nakatta)引き上げなかった(ひきあげなかった)
polite (masen deshita)引き上げませんでした(ひきあげませんでした)
Te form引き上げて(ひきあげて)
Potential引き上げられる(ひきあげられる)
Passive引き上げられる(ひきあげられる)
Causative引き上げさせる(ひきあげさせる)
Causative passive引き上げさせられる(ひきあげさせられる)
Conditional (ba)引き上げれば(ひきあげれば)
tara引き上げたら(ひきあげたら)
Volitional引き上げよう(ひきあげよう)
polite (mashou)引き上げましょう(ひきあげましょう)
Imperative引き上げろ(ひきあげろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym巻き上げるまきあげるNeutralRolls or hoists something up, or swindles money from someone (「金を巻き上げる」); 「引き上げる」 never has this cheating sense.
  • SynonymあげるNeutralThe most general word for lifting or raising (「手を上げる」); pick it when you simply mean to raise something, without 「引き上げる」's pull-up or withdrawal nuance.
  • Synonym押し上げるおしあげるNeutralPushes something up from below (「株価を押し上げる」); the motion is pushing, not pulling as with 「引き上げる」.
  • Synonym吊り上げるつりあげるNeutralLifts something suspended from ropes, or artificially pushes up prices (「価格を吊り上げる」); the stress is on hoisting, and it lacks 「引き上げる」's sense of withdrawal.
  • Related舁き上げるかきあげるWrittenWritten/formal prose: to shoulder and carry a palanquin or portable shrine; rare, and far narrower than 「引き上げる」.
  • Related吊るし上げるつるしあげるNeutralHoists something up, or (of a crowd) gangs up on someone to condemn them (「上司を吊るし上げる」); 「引き上げる」 has no such sense.
  • Antonym沈めるしずめるNeutralSinks or submerges something; the direct opposite of 「引き上げる」's sense of pulling something up out.

Use 「引き上げる」 for pulling something up, raising taxes or prices, or pulling out (「消費税を引き上げる」「部隊を引き揚げる」). For raising in general say 「上げる」; for inflating prices, 「吊り上げる」. The opposite is 「沈める」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 引っ張ひっぱって上うえに上あげる。
  2. 上うえの地位ちいにある者ものが、下したの地位ちいの者ものを昇進しょうしんさせる。
  3. 値段ねだん・程度ていどなどを高たかい状態じょうたいにする。
  4. 元もとの所ところへ戻もどす。
  5. 元もとの所ところへ戻もどる。
Kanji in this word
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