上がる · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 上がる | 上がらない |
| Polite | 上がります | 上がりません |
| Past polite | 上がりました | 上がりませんでした |
| Past | 上がった | 上がらなかった |
| Te-form | 上がって | 上がらないで |
| Desire | 上がりたい | 上がりたくない |
| Potential | 上がれる | 上がれない |
| Passive | 上がられる | 上がられない |
| Causative | 上がらせる | 上がらせない |
| Causative passive | 上がらせられるalso 上がらされる | 上がらせられないalso 上がらされない |
| Volitional | 上がろう | |
| Polite volitional | 上がりましょう | |
| Imperative | 上がれ | 上がるな |
| Conditional | 上がれば | 上がらなければ |
| Tara conditional | 上がったら | 上がらなかったら |
Basic intransitive sense: a person, thing, level, hand, or position moves upward. The opposite is 下がる.
See also: 揚がる
Antonyms: 下がる
I went up to the third floor by elevator.
The hands of people with questions went up.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
come in; enter a house; go inside
Used especially for entering a home or interior from outside, often after taking off shoes at the entrance.
Please take off your shoes and come into the house.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
enter school; move up a grade
Used for progressing into a school level or next grade, such as 小学校に上がる or 二年生に上がる.
My younger sister will start elementary school this spring.
I moved up to second year in April.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
get out of water; come ashore; be washed ashore
Used when someone or something comes out of water onto land or a dry place.
See also: 揚がる
The children got out of the sea when it got cold.
After the typhoon, driftwood had washed ashore on the beach.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
float to the surface; surface; rise to the water's surface
Used for something underwater becoming visible at the surface; can be used in grim contexts such as a body surfacing.
See also: 揚がる
Bubbles rose to the surface of the water.
The fish caught in the net came up to the surface.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
Used for numbers, prices, wages, temperature, and similar measurable values going up. 騰がる is a rare spelling for money or market-related increases.
Electricity rates will go up from next month.
My salary went up a little this year.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
Used when skill, grades, quality, efficiency, or condition becomes better.
After practicing every day, my Japanese gradually improved.
Work efficiency improved after we introduced the new machine.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be promoted; advance in rank
Used for moving up in rank, position, or status; more specific formal wording is 昇進する.
He moved up from section chief to section manager.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
produce a profit; yield a result; bring about a favorable outcome
Common with 利益, 売上, 成果, 効果, and similar nouns: a desirable result is obtained or recorded.
The new product generated a large profit.
The survey is finally beginning to yield results.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
come to no more than; be enough to cover; be settled for
Often appears as 金額で上がる, meaning the cost or effort is covered within that amount or limit.
The repair cost was covered for ten thousand yen.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be finished; be done; be completed
Used when work, a manuscript, a product, or a process is finished and ready.
Please send the manuscript as soon as it is finished.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
stop raining; clear up
Used of rain stopping or the weather clearing after rain.
The rain stopped early in the afternoon.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
stop working; give out; die
Common for batteries, engines, machines, and similar things failing or losing power; especially frequent in バッテリーが上がる.
I forgot to turn off the lights, and the car battery died.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
go out; win; finish first in a game
Used in card games, mahjong-like games, and similar play for completing one's hand or winning a round.
My younger brother was the first to go out in the card game.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be raised aloud; be heard loudly
Used with 声, 歓声, 悲鳴, and similar nouns when a voice or cry rises from someone or a group.
See also: 揚がる
A loud cheer rose from the venue.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
get fired up; become excited; erupt in excitement
Used when a crowd, event, or person becomes excited or lively. The spelling アガる gives a more casual, slangy feel.
See also: 挙がる
When the concert started, the audience got fired up all at once.
The stands erupted after the comeback goal.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
get nervous; freeze up; get stage fright
Colloquial use for becoming too nervous to perform normally, especially in front of people; often written アガる in casual contexts.
When I speak in front of people, I inevitably get nervous.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be offered; be presented to the gods
Used for offerings placed before a deity, Buddhist altar, or similar sacred place.
A new offering has been placed on the household shrine.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
Humble use for the speaker or in-group going to or visiting someone of higher status; modern Japanese more often uses 伺う or 参る.
I will come by later to pay my respects.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
Respectful use for another person eating or drinking; now feels old-fashioned or set-phrase-like compared with 召し上がる.
Please have some sweets if you would like.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
serve in a master's household
Rare historical use referring to entering service in a master's home; not a normal modern standalone use.
In old writing, 武家に上がる can mean to enter service in a samurai household.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
visit a brothel; go to a red-light district
Historical or literary use for entering or amusing oneself in a red-light district; not ordinary modern usage.
See also: 揚がる
吉原に上がる was used to mean going to the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter.
Suffix after the masu-stem of a verb, as in 書き上がる, 焼き上がる, or 出来上がる, meaning the action reaches completion.
See also: 出来上がる
The report was finally finished.
The smell of freshly baked bread spread through the shop.
happen intensely; do strongly; become violently
Suffix after a verb stem adding a sense of strong, sudden, or intense action or state. It is mainly seen in established compounds rather than freely attached to any verb.
The flames suddenly flared up.
He trembled violently with fear.
north of; above
Only when written 上ル
Special expression in Kyoto addresses, written as ～上ル, meaning north of or up from the named street.
In Kyoto addresses, one may write expressions such as 烏丸通御池上ル.
My grade level will go up starting in April.
I got so nervous in front of everyone that I couldn't speak well.
The temperature rose to 30 degrees.
I took off my shoes and went inside the house.
The rain had stopped by the afternoon.
The car's battery died.
I went upstairs and rested.
召し上がる is the standard modern honorific verb for eating or drinking, while 上がる used this way is an older, more set-phrase-like honorific expression.
上がる is a general verb for anything going up, while 立ち上る is used specifically for smoke, steam, or mist rising in a visible column.
上がる is a general intransitive verb for physical rising, climbing, or improvement, while 高まる is more abstract and emotional, used for feelings, tension, or quality levels.
上がる is the general, all-purpose verb for 'to rise/go up' in almost any sense, while 挙がる is a narrower variant restricted to specific contexts like arrests, hand-raising, or lists.
上がる can describe rain stopping (雨が上がる), a narrower, more specific usage than 晴れる, which covers the sky becoming fully clear and sunny.
上がる is the everyday verb for something going up, while 上昇 is the more formal, often technical noun used in reports and statistics.
come down; go down; fall; drop; sink; get lower · hang; dangle · move back; step back; withdraw; retire · deteriorate; fall off; be downgraded · get closer to the present day · play a sagari; extend downwards
上がる is the opposite of 落ちる, describing something moving upward or a level increasing rather than falling or dropping.
上がる means to go up or rise, the direct opposite of 降りる's meaning of going down.
揚がる shares the reading あがる with 上がる but specifically means to be deep-fried or hoisted up, not the general rising or entering senses.
挙がる shares the reading あがる with 上がる but is used for evidence, names, or hands being raised or brought forward, a narrower and more formal usage.
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'.
climax; peak; uprush · bulge; swelling; protrusion
swell; rise; bulge; heap up · get excited; become lively; heat up
rise; increase; ascent · income; takings; yield; profit · completion; end; finished result · finishing (in a game) · green tea (in sushi restaurants) · after (rain, illness, etc.) · ex-; former
completion; finish · workmanship; result; outcome
finish; completion; result
Attested irregular okurigana spelling for あがる; 上る is much more commonly read のぼる, so 上がる is safer for ordinary writing.
Rare kanji spelling for prices, value, money, and similar things rising.
start; beginning; initial stage · pitcher's start; early-inning performance
price increase; rise in price
after the rain; clearing after rain
be completed; be finished; be ready · be very drunk; be plastered
cheap; economical; inexpensive
rise to the surface; surface; float up · come to the fore; emerge; surface · stand out; be highlighted; show up clearly
flare up; burst into flames
jump up; spring up; leap up · jump sharply; skyrocket; surge · act rashly; jump the gun
upstart; parvenu; nouveau riche
get up; rise; stand up; sit up
soar; fly high; be whirled up · be ecstatic; be in high spirits; make merry
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
be lifted; rise; go up · come up; arise; occur unexpectedly · move up with one's class; be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years
jump up; leap up; spring up · fly up; soar up; take off · jump ahead; skip ahead; leap upward in position
jump; surge; spike · rashness; hothead
convalescence; recovering from illness
float; rise to the surface · stand out; be conspicuous · be alienated; be left out
dry up; parch; ebb away
rise in the world; climb the social ladder
after a bath; post-bath · bath towel; post-bath yukata
rise to a high position; work one's way up; climb the ladder
tremble violently; shudder; shake with fear or cold