Indicates the completion of an action, often with a sense of accomplishment and bringing the result to a finished, presentable state.
Verb [stem] + 上げるPrimary
This means you have finished doing something. It shows you completed the task well. The result is now ready.
昨日、やっとレポートを書き上げた。
Yesterday, I finally finished writing the report.
締め切りまでに、この作品を完璧に作り上げることはできないでしょう。
It will probably be impossible to finish creating this work perfectly by the deadline.
彼が苦労して作り上げた会社は、今や業界トップだ。
The company he built up through hardship is now at the top of the industry.
皆で協力してこの計画を練り上げ、社長に提案しましょう。
Let's all work together to hammer out this plan and propose it to the company president.
やっとの思いでこのプラモデルを組み上げたよ。
I finally managed to finish assembling this plastic model!
Imagine you are building something. The '上げる' part means you have finished it. It is now ready to show or use. It is like putting the last piece on a puzzle.
This is different from `〜終える` (oeru). That just means an action is over. `〜上げる` means you finished it well. It is also different from `〜きる` (kiru). That means you did something completely, maybe until you were tired. `〜上げる` means you finished a task nicely.
Don't use this when the action does not make something. For example, you can't say "finish running up."
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