水揚げ・水あげ|みずあげmizuage[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
水揚げ水揚げ is the more common mixed kanji-and-kana spelling and the usual choice for learners; use it when writing.
水あげ水あげ is a less common mixed kanji-and-kana variant of 水揚げ; recognize it, but choose 水揚げ for your own writing.
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verblanding; unloading (e.g. a ship)
  2. nouncatch (of fish); takings
  3. nounsales (of a shop)
  4. noun, suru verbdefloration (e.g. of a geisha)
  5. noun, suru verbpreservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)
Conjugation
Dictionary form水揚げする(みずあげする)
Polite (masu)水揚げします(みずあげします)
Negative (nai)水揚げしない(みずあげしない)
polite (masen)水揚げしません(みずあげしません)
classical zu / nu水揚げせず・水揚げせぬ(みずあげせず・みずあげせぬ)
Past (ta)水揚げした(みずあげした)
polite (mashita)水揚げしました(みずあげしました)
Past negative (nakatta)水揚げしなかった(みずあげしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)水揚げしませんでした(みずあげしませんでした)
Te form水揚げして(みずあげして)
Potential水揚げできる(みずあげできる)
Passive水揚げされる(みずあげされる)
Causative水揚げさせる(みずあげさせる)
Causative passive水揚げさせられる(みずあげさせられる)
Conditional (ba)水揚げすれば(みずあげすれば)
tara水揚げしたら(みずあげしたら)
Volitional水揚げしよう(みずあげしよう)
polite (mashou)水揚げしましょう(みずあげしましょう)
Imperative水揚げしろ(みずあげしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym陸揚げりくあげNeutralUnloading a ship's cargo onto land; the focus is on getting the cargo ashore. Unlike 「水揚げ」, it has no sense of a fish catch or a shop's takings.
  • Synonym荷揚げにあげNeutralUnloading ship cargo onto land, but also moving goods up to a high place, such as materials at a worksite. Lacks 「水揚げ」's catch and sales senses.
  • Synonym漁獲ぎょかくWrittenWritten term for fishing and the catch it yields, with the emphasis on the quantity caught, as in 「漁獲量」.
  • Synonym揚陸ようりくWrittenWritten, military-flavoured term for landing cargo or troops from a ship, as in 「揚陸艦」.
  • Related荷降ろしにおろしNeutralUnloading cargo; the focus is on taking goods off vehicles or ships, and the range is not limited to ships.
  • Related積み下ろすつみおろすNeutralA verb meaning to unload cargo that has been loaded. 「水揚げ」 specifically suggests unloading from a ship onto land.

「水揚げ」 covers unloading ship cargo, fish landings and catch amounts (「マグロの水揚げ」「水揚げ量」), and a shop's takings. For ordinary unloading use 「荷揚げ」 or 「荷降ろし」; for catch amounts use 「漁獲」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 船舶せんぱくに積載せきさいされた貨物かもつを陸りくに揚あげること。
  2. 漁りょうの獲物えものを船舶せんぱくや陸りくに揚あげること。また、その数量すうりょう。
  3. 商売しょうばいの売り上うりあげ。
  4. 生け花いけばなの生花いけばなが水みずを吸い上すいあげる状態じょうたい。
  5. 芸者げいしゃや遊女ゆうじょが初はじめて接客せっきゃくすること。
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