突き上げる・衝き上げる|つきあげるtsukiageru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
突き上げるUse 突き上げる（つきあげる） as the usual written form; it is the most common choice for learners and general use.
衝き上げる衝き上げる（つきあげる） is a rarely used variant, so you will seldom encounter it; use 突き上げる（つきあげる） instead.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto push up; to thrust up; to stick up; to raise
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to press
- ichidan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto well up (of an emotion); to surge up; to fill one's heart; to engulf one's heart
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 突き上げる（つきあげる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 突き上げます（つきあげます） |
| Negative (nai) | 突き上げない（つきあげない） |
| polite (masen) | 突き上げません（つきあげません） |
| classical zu / nu | 突き上げず・突き上げぬ（つきあげず・つきあげぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 突き上げた（つきあげた） |
| polite (mashita) | 突き上げました（つきあげました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 突き上げなかった（つきあげなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 突き上げませんでした（つきあげませんでした） |
| Te form | 突き上げて（つきあげて） |
| Potential | 突き上げられる（つきあげられる） |
| Passive | 突き上げられる（つきあげられる） |
| Causative | 突き上げさせる（つきあげさせる） |
| Causative passive | 突き上げさせられる（つきあげさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 突き上げれば（つきあげれば） |
| tara | 突き上げたら（つきあげたら） |
| Volitional | 突き上げよう（つきあげよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 突き上げましょう（つきあげましょう） |
| Imperative | 突き上げろ（つきあげろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Related迫るせまるNeutralNeutral verb for closing in on or pressing someone, as in 「返答を迫る」; it stresses the squeeze of being cornered, not force pushing up from below.
- Related促すうながすNeutralNeutral verb meaning to urge or prompt; unlike the headword it carries no nuance of a subordinate pressuring a superior.
- Related駆り立てるかりたてるNeutralNeutral verb for driving or spurring someone on, as in 「不安に駆り立てられる」; it stresses being driven forward, not a push from below.
- Related駆るかるWrittenWritten/formal prose verb for spurring someone on or driving at high speed; it centers on driving, not upward pressure.
- Related催促さいそくNeutralNeutral term for urging someone to act quickly, as in 「返事の催促」; it can also press for things not yet agreed, with no lower-to-upper pressure nuance.
- Related督促とくそくFormalFormal term for demanding payment of debts, taxes and the like, made from a supervisory position; it is about pressing for payment, not pressure from below.
- Related責め立てるせめたてるNeutralNeutral verb for grilling or pressing someone harshly; it stresses leaving no room for reply, unlike the headword's upward push.
- Related督励とくれいWrittenWritten/formal prose for supervising and encouraging subordinates; it runs from superior to subordinate, the reverse of the headword's pressure.
- RelatedせっつくCasualColloquial verb for urging someone again and again; it carries a nagging, pestering feel.
- Related督責とくせきWrittenWritten/formal prose for strictly pressing someone to act; fairly rare.
- Antonym押さえ込むおさえこむNeutralNeutral antonym: to pin down or suppress; it is the opposite of 「突き上げる」 pushing up from below.
- Antonym抑えるおさえるNeutralNeutral antonym: to restrain or keep something in check; it counters pushing or driving upward.
Use 「突き上げる」 for a forceful push from below, as in 「拳を突き上げる」, or for pressure applied upward to one's superiors, as in 「現場から突き上げられる」. For pressing someone say 「迫る」, for urging say 「催促」, for driving someone on say 「駆り立てる」; the antonym is 「抑える」.
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