組み上げる|くみあげるkumiageru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. 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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ものなどを組くんで作り上つくりあげる。
  2. ものなどを組くんで高たかく積つんでいく。
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