Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
Kanji used
serve
above
Pitch accent
あげ
Top 7000
Composed of
official; civil service
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
Examples (22 in total)
He has finished up his work.
How much time do we have to finish this?
Why don't you take your time in finishing your paper?
I need to finish writing my speech.
This work can be finished in half an hour.
They had the work finished.
When did you finish the work?
It is impossible for Yumi to finish it in a day.
He finished his work without sleep or rest.
Tom completed his report by copy-pasting from Wikipedia.
The work must be completed by tomorrow.
I had intended to finish this yesterday, but I couldn't.
It is impossible for him to finish it in an hour.
It's impossible for me to finish my term paper by tomorrow.
I have to complete a paper on the Japanese economy.
Finishing the report by tomorrow is next to impossible.
We'll finish the work even if it takes us all day.
I want this work done by next Thursday.
Can you manage to complete the manuscript by Friday?
It is utterly impossible to finish the work within a month.
I have 3 projects that I need to finish up by the weekend!
However hard you try, you can't finish it in a week or so.