noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
going north; northward movement
Used for the movement of people, vehicles, weather systems, or abstract things heading north. Often appears in news reports and forecasts.
台風はゆっくり北上している。
The typhoon is slowly moving north.
彼らは車で北上を続けた。
They continued northward by car.
Compound of 北 (north) and 上 (up, ascend). The reading ほくじょう is the on'yomi combination.