捧げる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
捧
ささ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
擎げる

Etymology

From Old Japanese verb 捧ぐ (sasagu), a contraction of 差し上ぐ (sasiagu), whence also modern Japanese 差し上げる (sashiageru).[1]

Development

Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下(しも)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下(しも)一(いち)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ささげる [sàságérú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠sa̠ɡe̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

捧(ささ)げる • (sasageru) transitive ichidan (stem 捧(ささ)げ (sasage), past 捧(ささ)げた (sasageta))

  1. to give
    君(きみ)に捧(ささ)げるこの愛(あい)の歌(うた)
    kimi ni sasageru kono ai no uta
    this love song I give to you
  2. to offer, to sacrifice
    • 2017, “Opfert eure Herzen!”, in Attack on Locus, performed by Linked Horizon:
      捧(ささ)げよ！捧(ささ)げよ！心臓(しんぞう)を捧(ささ)げよ！全(すべ)ての犠牲(ぎせい)は今(いま)この瞬間(とき)のために！
      捧(ささ)げよ！捧(ささ)げよ！心臓(しんぞう)を捧(ささ)げよ！進(すす)むべき未来(みらい)をその手(て)で切(き)り拓(ひら)け
      Sasageyo! Sasageyo! Shinzō o sasageyo! Subete no gisei wa ima kono toki no tame ni!
      Sasageyo! Sasageyo! Shinzō o sasageyo! Susumu beki mirai o sono te de kirihirake
      Offer up! Offer up! Offer up your hearts! All our sacrifices were for this moment!
      Offer up! Offer up! Offer up your hearts! With your own hands, open a path to our rightful future!
  3. to devote, to dedicate
  4. to raise both hands to near the eye level
  5. to raise one's voice
  6. to put up
  7. to display

Conjugation

Conjugation of "捧げる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 捧げ ささげ sasage
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 捧げ ささげ sasage
Shūshikei ("terminal") 捧げる ささげる sasageru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 捧げる ささげる sasageru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 捧げれ ささげれ sasagere
Meireikei ("imperative") 捧げよ¹
捧げろ² 		ささげよ¹
ささげろ² 		sasageyo¹
sasagero²
Key constructions
Passive 捧げられる ささげられる sasagerareru
Causative 捧げさせる
捧げさす 		ささげさせる
ささげさす 		sasagesaseru
sasagesasu
Potential 捧げられる
捧げれる³ 		ささげられる
ささげれる³ 		sasagerareru
sasagereru³
Volitional 捧げよう ささげよう sasageyō
Negative 捧げない
捧げぬ
捧げん 		ささげない
ささげぬ
ささげん 		sasagenai
sasagenu
sasagen
Negative continuative 捧げず ささげず sasagezu
Formal 捧げます ささげます sasagemasu
Perfective 捧げた ささげた sasageta
Conjunctive 捧げて ささげて sasagete
Hypothetical conditional 捧げれば ささげれば sasagereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

  • 捧(ささ)げ (sasage)
  • 捧(ささ)げ銃(つつ) (sasagetsutsu)
  • 捧(ささ)げ刀(とう) (sasagetō)
  • 捧(ささ)げ持(も)つ (sasagemotsu)
  • 捧(ささ)げ物(もの) (sasagemono)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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