上あがったり

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

na-adjective, noun

doomed; in a bad state; poor

Describes a business, trade, or situation that is failing or hopeless. Often used in the phrase 上がったりだ or 上がったりになる. The form is a fixed expression derived from the verb 上がる (sense 14: 'to be finished; to be done for').

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が上あがったりだfor a business/trade to be in a doomed, failing state
不ふ景けい気きで商しょう売ばいが上あがったりだ。
With the bad economy, business is doomed.
〈事こと〉が上あがったりになるfor a business/situation to end up in a hopeless, failing state
新あたらしい店みせができて、うちの店みせは上あがったりになった。
After a new shop opened, our shop's business went downhill.

Expressions

上あがったり下さがったりgoing up and down; rising and falling
金きん玉たまが上あがったり下さがったりon edge; in suspense; scared stiff

Kanji

上above, up

Related words

不ふ振しんN1
不振 is the formal word for a business or performance slump, while 上がったり is a colloquial, fixed expression for the same kind of failing state.
お手て上あげN1
お手上げ describes a person giving up because they see no way forward, while 上がったり describes the hopeless state of a business or trade itself.

Opposites

好こう調ちょうN1
好調 describes a business or situation doing well, the opposite of 上がったり, which describes one that is doomed or failing.

Don't confuse with

上あがるN5
上がる usually means 'to rise' or 'to go up', but 上がったり comes from a rare sense of 上がる meaning 'to be finished/done for', so learners should not read it as simply 'rising'.

Written forms

上あがったりUsage25%
Standard kanji spelling; the word is a fixed form derived from the verb 上がる.
あがったりUsage75%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing and when the kanji is not needed.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 上がる (agaru, 'to rise') in its sense of 'to be finished' or 'to be done for'. The ～たり form here is a fixed expression, not the usual alternative-action listing form.