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上がったり (agattari) Japanese meaning: doomed | Kotomora
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こ
なく
て
、
もう
上あ
がったり
だ
。
This shop gets no customers; it's already doomed.
The event was ruined by the rain.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 が 上あ がったりだ for a business/trade to be in a doomed, failing state
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
After a new shop opened, our shop's business went downhill.
Related words 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.
Written forms 上あ がったり Usage 25%
Standard kanji spelling; the word is a fixed form derived from the verb 上がる.
あがったり Usage 75%
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.
