Today’s Question
ジョンさんは三か月でこの小説(しょうせつ)を__上げた。
a. かいた b. かいて c. かき d. かく
Today’s Grammar Point: ~上げる/~上がる
Connection
[verb stem] + 上げる
[verb stem] + 上がる
Meaning of [verb stem] + 上げる
- (for a person) to complete ~ing
- (for a person) to do ~ up / to more upwards after ~
- (for a person) to do ~ fully / to do ~ to the heart’s content
Examples
- to complete ~ing
ジョンさんは三か月でこの小説を書き上げた。
John completed writing this novel in 3 months.シーツを真っ白に洗い上げた。
I washed the bed sheets thoroughly until they were brilliant white.一週間以内に仕上げてください。
Please complete it within a week.ドレスを仕立て上げるのに三か月かかった。
It took me 3 months to complete sewing up the dress.祖父が苦心して作り上げた彫像です。
This is a statue my grandfather painstakingly completed creating.
- to ~ up / to move upwards after ~
アメリカはまた人工衛星を打ち上げた。
America launched a satellite again.妹は泣いている赤ちゃんを抱き上げた。
My younger sister picked up the crying baby in her arms.空の星を見上げてごらん。
Look up at stars in the sky.
- to do ~ fully / to do ~ to the heart’s content
メアリーさんは朗々とそのアリアを歌い上げた。
Mary sang the entire aria in a resonant voice.捕まえた犯人を縛り上げた。
We tied up the captured criminal.
Note: most of the above sentence can be re-written with the focus on the object of the verb using あげる’s intransitive counterpart, あがる.
Meaning of [verb stem] + 上がる
- (for something) to complete ~ing
- (for something) to do ~ up / to more upwards after ~
Examples
- to be completed
この小説は三か月で書き上がった。
This novel was written up in 3 months.シーツは真っ白に洗い上がった。
The bed sheets were washed thoroughly to a brilliant white.一週間以内に仕上がるかな?
Will it be completed within a week?ドレスが仕立て上がるのに三か月かかった。
It took 3 months for the dress to be completed.これができ上がった彫像です。
This is the completed statue.
- to ~ up / to go upwards
また人工衛星が打ち上がった。
Another satellite was launched.積み上がったお皿を全部片付けた。
I put away all the piled up dishes.ガス料金が跳ね上がった。
The gas rate has jumped up.
Answer to Today’s Question
The intended meaning is: “John completed writing this novel in 3 months” and 上げる takes a verb stem in front of it, so the answer is: c. かき.