組み上げる|くみあげるkumiageru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- ichidan verb, transitive verbto compose; to put together
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 組み上げる(くみあげる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 組み上げます(くみあげます) |
| Negative (nai) | 組み上げない(くみあげない) |
| polite (masen) | 組み上げません(くみあげません) |
| classical zu / nu | 組み上げず・組み上げぬ(くみあげず・くみあげぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 組み上げた(くみあげた) |
| polite (mashita) | 組み上げました(くみあげました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 組み上げなかった(くみあげなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 組み上げませんでした(くみあげませんでした) |
| Te form | 組み上げて(くみあげて) |
| Potential | 組み上げられる(くみあげられる) |
| Passive | 組み上げられる(くみあげられる) |
| Causative | 組み上げさせる(くみあげさせる) |
| Causative passive | 組み上げさせられる(くみあげさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 組み上げれば(くみあげれば) |
| tara | 組み上げたら(くみあげたら) |
| Volitional | 組み上げよう(くみあげよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 組み上げましょう(くみあげましょう) |
| Imperative | 組み上げろ(くみあげろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym組み立てるくみたてるNeutralThe most general word for assembling, as in 「プラモデルを組み立てる」. 「組み上げる」 stresses completing the assembly or stacking pieces up layer by layer.
- Related構成こうせいWrittenWritten/formal prose for composition or formation; leans abstract, as in 「番組の構成」.
- Related構築こうちくWrittenWritten/formal prose for building or constructing systems and relationships, as in 「システムを構築」.
- Related築き上げるきずきあげるNeutralBuilding something up little by little, as in 「信頼を築き上げる」; leans toward abstract achievements rather than physical assembly.
- Related建てるたてるNeutralFor building houses and the like, with the focus on construction; not used for assembling.
- Relatedまとめ上げるまとめあげるNeutralBringing scattered things together into a finished whole, as in 「報告書をまとめ上げる」.
- Antonym分解するNeutralTo take apart or disassemble, the opposite of the completed assembly that 「組み上げる」 describes.
- Antonym解体するNeutralTo dismantle or break down, standing opposite 「組み上げる」.
To assemble something, say 「組み立てる」; 「組み上げる」 highlights completing the assembly or stacking pieces up, as in 「足場を組み上げる」. For building systems use 「構築」, and for taking things apart use 「分解する」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


