age up

年齢を上げる、年上に描く

人の年齢を上げたり、特に物語の人物を年上の姿で描いたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone older, or show an older version of someone, especially a character in a story.

• They aged up the hero.
• The film ages the children up into teenagers.
• Why did the artist age her up in this portrait?

使い方： age someone up (The writers aged the main character up by five years.)

類義語： make older

よく使う表現： age up someone, age someone up

年を取る、成長する

年を取る、またはもっと年上の年齢区分に移ること。

やさしい英語で： To become older or move into an older age group.

• The children age up each year.
• My game character aged up after her birthday.
• Several players will age up into the senior team next season.

使い方： age up into something (The players aged up into the next division.)

類義語： grow older, age

よく使う表現： age up naturally, age up soon