上達

See also: 上达

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	attain; pass through; achieve attain; pass through; achieve; reach; realize; clear; inform; notify; dignity
trad. (上達)		上	達
simp. (上达)		上	达

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngdá

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ daat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngdá
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngdá
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-ta²
  - Yale: shàng-dá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqdar
  - Palladius: шанда (šanda)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ daat⁶
  - Yale: seuhng daaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ daat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ dad⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² taːt̚²/

Verb

上達

to reach the higher authorities

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	達
じょう Grade: 1	たつ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょーたつ [jòótátsú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːta̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

上(じょう)達(たつ) • (jōtatsu)

improvement in academic ability, the arts, etc.
communication of opinions of those of lower rank to those of higher

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “communication to those of higher rank”): 下達(かたつ) (katatsu)

See also

改善(かいぜん) (kaizen)

Verb

上(じょう)達(たつ)する • (jōtatsu suru) suru (stem 上(じょう)達(たつ)し (jōtatsu shi), past 上(じょう)達(たつ)した (jōtatsu shita))

improve, advance in one's studies
communicate opinions to those of higher rank

Conjugation

Conjugation of "上達する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	上達し	じょうたつし	jōtatsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	上達し	じょうたつし	jōtatsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	上達する	じょうたつする	jōtatsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	上達する	じょうたつする	jōtatsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	上達すれ	じょうたつすれ	jōtatsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	上達せよ¹ 上達しろ²	じょうたつせよ¹ じょうたつしろ²	jōtatsu seyo¹ jōtatsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	上達される	じょうたつされる	jōtatsu sareru
Causative	上達させる上達さす	じょうたつさせるじょうたつさす	jōtatsu saseru jōtatsu sasu
Potential	上達できる	じょうたつできる	jōtatsu dekiru
Volitional	上達しよう	じょうたつしよう	jōtatsu shiyō
Negative	上達しない	じょうたつしない	jōtatsu shinai
Negative continuative	上達せず	じょうたつせず	jōtatsu sezu
Formal	上達します	じょうたつします	jōtatsu shimasu
Perfective	上達した	じょうたつした	jōtatsu shita
Conjunctive	上達して	じょうたつして	jōtatsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	上達すれば	じょうたつすれば	jōtatsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“上達”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN