ブラッシュアップ

Japanese

Etymology

From English brush up. Compare ブラッシュ (burasshu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ɕːɯ̟ᵝa̠p̚pɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ブラッシュアップ • (burasshu appu) 

  1. the practice of brushing up a skill
    • 2001, Wada Hideki, Otona no tame no benkyō hō [Study skills for adults], page 106:
      ()(ぶん)()(てき)(のう)(りょく)ブラッシュアップ(はか)るとして、(なに)についてブラッシュアップするのか?
      jibun no chiteki nōryoku no burasshu appu o hakaru to shite, nani ni tsuite burasshu appu suru no ka?
      If you are planning a brush-up of your intellectual abilities, what exactly will you brush up?

Verb

ブラッシュアップする • (burasshu appu suru) suru (stem ブラッシュアップ (burasshu appu suru shi), past ブラッシュアップした (burasshu appu suru shita))

  1. to brush up (a skill, knowledge, etc.)
  2. to review or improve (something)
    • 2008, Egusa Sanshirō, Boku ga Rikurūto toppu sērusuman kara MBA ni natta wake [How I went from Recruit top salesman to MBA], page 27:
      たとえば、(てい)(しゅつ)()()りが(いっ)(しゅう)(かん)()だとしたら、()(だい)()された(とう)(じつ)にプロットを(さく)(せい)しておくと、7(なの)()(かん)ブラッシュアップする()(かん)ができます。
      Tatoeba, teishutsu no shimekiri ga isshūkan go da toshitara, kadai ga dasareta tōjitsu ni purotto o sakusei shiteoku to, nanokakan burasshu appu suru jikan ga dekimasu.
      For example, if your deadline is in one week, you can sketch the plot on the day the project is assigned, and then have seven days to brush it up.

Conjugation

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