昇級|しょうきゅうshoukyuu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbpromotion; advancement
Conjugation
Dictionary form昇級する(しょうきゅうする)
Polite (masu)昇級します(しょうきゅうします)
Negative (nai)昇級しない(しょうきゅうしない)
polite (masen)昇級しません(しょうきゅうしません)
classical zu / nu昇級せず・昇級せぬ(しょうきゅうせず・しょうきゅうせぬ)
Past (ta)昇級した(しょうきゅうした)
polite (mashita)昇級しました(しょうきゅうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)昇級しなかった(しょうきゅうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)昇級しませんでした(しょうきゅうしませんでした)
Te form昇級して(しょうきゅうして)
Potential昇級できる(しょうきゅうできる)
Passive昇級される(しょうきゅうされる)
Causative昇級させる(しょうきゅうさせる)
Causative passive昇級させられる(しょうきゅうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)昇級すれば(しょうきゅうすれば)
tara昇級したら(しょうきゅうしたら)
Volitional昇級しよう(しょうきゅうしよう)
polite (mashou)昇級しましょう(しょうきゅうしましょう)
Imperative昇級しろ(しょうきゅうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym昇進しょうしんNeutralNeutral. Promotion to a higher position, as in 「課長に昇進」; 昇級 usually refers to grades, dan ranks and the like.
  • Synonym昇任しょうにんWrittenWritten/formal prose, tending bureaucratic: promotion to a higher official post, often used for civil servants.
  • Synonym栄進えいしんWrittenWritten/formal prose and not often used; close to 「昇進」 — an honorable rise to a higher post.
  • Related出世しゅっせNeutralNeutral. Getting ahead in life, making it big; covers more ground than 昇級, which is only about a grade going up.
  • Related栄転えいてんWrittenWritten/formal prose: a transfer to a better post, as in 「本社へ栄転」. 昇級 is about moving up a grade or rank.
  • Antonym降格こうかくNeutralNeutral. Demotion, being lowered in rank or grade — the opposite of the grade rise that 昇級 describes.
  • Antonym降級こうきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A grade or dan rank going down, as in 「降級処分」; the direct opposite of 昇級.

Use 「昇級」 for moving up a grade — exams, dan ranks, pay grades, as in 「昇級試験」. For promotion at work say 「昇進」; for a transfer to a better post, 「栄転」. For demotion, 「降格」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 等級とうきゅうが上あがること。
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