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上げる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
あげる
BOOST
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to raise; to elevate  (see also: 手を挙げる)
2. to do up (one's hair)  (see also: 髪を上げる)
3. to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.)
4. to land (a boat)
5. to deep-fry
6. to show someone (into a room)
7. to summon (for geishas, etc.)  (often written with kana only)
8. to send someone (away)
9. to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll
10. to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve
11. to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice)  (see also: 声を上げる)
12. to earn (something desirable)
13. to praise
14. to give (an example, etc.); to cite  (usu. 挙げる)
15. to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.)  (usu. 挙げる)
16. to arrest
17. to nominate
18. to give  (polite (teineigo) language)
19. to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.)
20. to bear (a child)
21. to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding)  (usu. 挙げる)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
22. (of the tide) to come in
ichidan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
23. to vomit
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
24. to do for (the sake of someone else)  (after the -te form of a verb; often written with kana only; polite (teineigo) language)
25. to complete ...  (see also: 作り上げる; after the -masu stem of a verb)
26. to humbly do ...  (see also: 申し上げる; after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility; humble)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 206,477 which gives a rank of 45
あげる is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 9,000 (about 88,700,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 47 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2267
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
パン
はんぶん
半分
ともだちあげました
I gave half of the bread to my friend.
どうして
ちょうなん
長男
かね
あげました
Why did you give money to my older brother?
わたし
ゆうじん
友人
カバンあげた
I gave a bag to my friend.
上げる
BOOST
Reading : あげる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 10,000 (about 68,900,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 164 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 1574
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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挙げる
BOOST
Reading : あげる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 42,000 (about 12,400,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5429 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 896
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 4 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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揚げる
BOOST
Reading : あげる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 81,000 (about 3,210,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4113 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 15164
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 29 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
キョ   あがる to rise up   あげる to give; to arrest; to quote   
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thrive, prosper   
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small
table
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シュ   hand   て    た-    
ヨウ   あげる to raise, hoist   あがる to be raised up   
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ヨウ    glorious, bright   
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モチ   not
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pig
タン   ダン    dawn   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
hand
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