繰(く)り上(あ)げる

くりあげる
verb (ichidan, transitive)
to move up (in time/schedule); to advance; to promote
他動詞 transitiveaction
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present繰(く)り上(あ)げる繰(く)り上(あ)げない
Present polite繰(く)り上(あ)げます繰(く)り上(あ)げません
Past繰(く)り上(あ)げた繰(く)り上(あ)げなかった
Past polite繰(く)り上(あ)げました繰(く)り上(あ)げませんでした
て form繰(く)り上(あ)げて繰(く)り上(あ)げなくて
ている present繰(く)り上(あ)げている繰(く)り上(あ)げていない
ている polite繰(く)り上(あ)げています繰(く)り上(あ)げていません
ている past繰(く)り上(あ)げていた繰(く)り上(あ)げていなかった
ている past polite繰(く)り上(あ)げていました繰(く)り上(あ)げていませんでした
Conditional ば繰(く)り上(あ)げれば繰(く)り上(あ)げなければ
Conditional たら繰(く)り上(あ)げたら繰(く)り上(あ)げなかったら
Volitional繰(く)り上(あ)げよう—
Volitional polite繰(く)り上(あ)げましょう—
Potential繰(く)り上(あ)げられる繰(く)り上(あ)げられない
Passive繰(く)り上(あ)げられる繰(く)り上(あ)げられない
Causative繰(く)り上(あ)げさせる繰(く)り上(あ)げさせない
Imperative繰(く)り上(あ)げろ繰(く)り上(あ)げるな
1. to move up; to advance (a date or time)
To reschedule something to happen earlier than originally planned.
We moved up the meeting schedule by one week.
Since rain is forecast, we'll hold the sports day earlier.
We decided to move the departure time up by thirty minutes.
2. to promote; to move up (in rank or position)
To advance someone to a higher position, often due to a vacancy.
Due to a vacancy, the runner-up was promoted to winner.
繰(く)り上(あ)げ当選(とうせん) is a set term for winning by advancement.
Since the person above him quit, he was promoted to department head.
The substitute player was promoted to the regular lineup.

Transitivity

  • Transitive: you 繰(く)り上(あ)げる a date, a time, or a person's position. The intransitive idea is expressed by the noun form 繰(く)り上(あ)げ, as in 繰(く)り上(あ)げ当選(とうせん).

Common patterns

Similar words

  • 繰(く)り下(さ)げる - the opposite operation, moving something later.
  • 早(はや)める - to make something happen sooner in general; 繰(く)り上(あ)げる specifically shifts a fixed slot in a sequence, so it suits schedules, rankings, and queues.