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向上する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Broadly used for raising or improving quality, skill, status, living standards, efficiency, etc. Often appears in formal or business contexts.

〈事こと〉が向こう上じょうするfor something (skill, quality, level) to improve
彼かれの英えい語ご力りょくは最さい近きん向こう上じょうした。
His English ability has improved recently.
〈事こと〉を向こう上じょうさせるto improve or raise the level of something
会かい社しゃは生せい産さん性せいを向こう上じょうさせる努ど力りょくをしている。
The company is making efforts to improve productivity.
〈事こと〉の向こう上じょうを目め指ざすto aim for the improvement of something
学がっ校こうは学がく生せいの学がく力りょく向こう上じょうを目め指ざしている。
The school aims to improve students' academic ability.
〈事こと〉の向こう上じょうに努つとめるto strive for the improvement of something
政せい府ふは国こく民みんの生せい活かつ水すい準じゅんの向こう上じょうに努つとめている。
The government is striving to raise the standard of living of its citizens.

改かい善ぜんN3
改善 means fixing something that was flawed or problematic, while 向上 refers more broadly to a rise in level, quality, or ability, not necessarily starting from a bad state.
進しん歩ぽN3
進歩 stresses steady, ongoing progress or development over time, whereas 向上 highlights a rise in degree or standard, often at a specific point.
上じょう昇しょうN2
上昇 is used for a literal or numerical rise, like temperature or prices, while 向上 is used for a rise in quality, skill, or standard.
上じょう達たつN3
向上 covers broad improvement in quality, standards, or conditions, while 上達 is specifically about a person getting better at a skill through practice.

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高こう揚よう
向上 refers to general improvement or advancement (skills, quality, living standards), while 高揚 specifically describes a rise in emotional or morale-related state.
増ぞう進しんN1
増進 emphasizes actively fostering or increasing something desirable like health or welfare, while 向上 focuses on improvement in quality or skill level.
磨みがき
向上 refers broadly to improvement in skill or quality, while 磨き specifically implies refining a skill through deliberate effort, as in 腕に磨きをかける.
上うわ向むくN1
向上する is a more formal, often transitive verb meaning to raise or improve something, while 上向く is intransitive and describes a natural upward trend on its own.
レベルアップ
向上 is a formal, native Japanese word for improvement often used in business or technical writing, while レベルアップ is a casual wasei-eigo term common in everyday and gaming contexts.
改かい良りょうN2
改良 describes actively upgrading something's design or function, while 向上 describes a general rise in level or quality, often without a specific agent.
進すすむN4
向上 focuses on rising in quality or level, while 進む more broadly covers moving forward or progressing over time.

低てい下かN2
低下 means a decline or drop in level or quality, the direct opposite of 向上, which means a rise or improvement.
劣れっ化か
向上 means improvement or enhancement, the direct opposite of 劣化's decline in quality or performance.
堕おちる
向上する means to improve or rise in quality, the direct opposite of 堕ちる's sense of morally declining or sinking low.

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堕だ落らくN1
向上 means improvement or betterment, the opposite of 堕落's moral decline and degeneration.
失しっ墜つい
向上 means a rise or improvement in standing or ability, the opposite of 失墜's fall in prestige or authority.
衰おとろえ
衰え means a decline or weakening, while 向上 means improvement or a rise in ability or condition.

Sino-Japanese compound of 向 (toward, facing) and 上 (up, above), literally 'facing upward', extended to mean improvement or rise in level.