上がる
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Meanings
- to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised
- to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in
- to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade
- to get out (of water), to come ashore, to be washed ashore
- to float atop the water, to surface from the sea (e.g. of a corpse), to rise to the surface
- to increase, to be raised (e.g. of a salary), to rise
- to improve, to make progress
- to be promoted, to advance
- to be made (of profit, etc.)
- to occur (esp. of a favourable result)
- to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)
- to be finished, to be done, to be over
- to stop (of rain), to clear up (of weather)
- to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die
- to win (in a card game, etc.)
- to be spoken loudly, to be raised loudly (of a voice)
- to get nervous, to get stage fright
- to be offered (to the gods, etc.)
- to go, to visit
- to eat, to drink
- to serve (in one's master's home)
- to enter a red light district, to amuse oneself in a red light district, to visit a brothel
- to arise vigorously (e.g. of voices in excitement), to become excited, to be in uproar (e.g. of a crowd)
- to be complete, to finish
- adds the connotation of an action happening strongly or violently
- above, north of
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Example sentences
The temperature rose.
Since the rain stopped, I went outside.
I got nervous before the exam and my voice went shaky.
Her grades are not improving.
I was very happy to hear that my salary would rise starting next month.
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