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I have some notes from many years back when I began to do Japanese. As you
might expect, I am suspicious of my understanding at the time and of what I've
written.

I have two verbs for "to give" and would like to check what the differences
are.

```

    上げる    give
    与える    give
    
```

I also have

```

    あげる    do a favour (not 'I' but 'they')
    
```

but I don't know what I meant by my english explanation. Does anybody
recognise あげる as "doing a favour"?
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verbs
Difference between 上げる and 与える
上げる is used generally and it is also polite. If you want to say the same
meaning in not polite way, you say やる（遣る）. 与える is used only when the upper
rank person gives something to the lower one/ones. For example, a king gives
something to the vassal/retainer.

あげる used in （し）て＋あげる is used in doing somebody a favor in doing something.
I'll show you some examples; ごみを出すのを手伝ってあげる。I would help you take out the
garbage. 苦労話を聞いてあげる。I would hear your hard-luck stories.
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