立ち上がる (tachiagaru) Japanese meaning: stand up | Kotomora

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立ち上がる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	立たち上あがる	立たち上あがらない
Polite	立たち上あがります	立たち上あがりません
Past polite	立たち上あがりました	立たち上あがりませんでした
Past	立たち上あがった	立たち上あがらなかった
Te-form	立たち上あがって	立たち上あがらないで
Desire	立たち上あがりたい	立たち上あがりたくない
Potential	立たち上あがれる	立たち上あがれない
Passive	立たち上あがられる	立たち上あがられない
Causative	立たち上あがらせる	立たち上あがらせない
Causative passive	立たち上あがらせられるalso 立たち上あがらされる	立たち上あがらせられないalso 立たち上あがらされない
Volitional	立たち上あがろう
Polite volitional	立たち上あがりましょう
Imperative	立たち上あがれ	立たち上あがるな
Conditional	立たち上あがれば	立たち上あがらなければ
Tara conditional	立たち上あがったら	立たち上あがらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

stand up; get up; rise to one's feet

Physical action of rising from a seated or lying position.

彼かれは椅い子

Kanji

立stand up, rise, set up
上above, up
起rouse, wake up, get up

Related words· 6

起おき上あがるN1sense 1
起き上がる focuses on rising from a lying-down position, while 立ち上がる more often means standing up from sitting or acting figuratively.
立たち直なおるN1sense 2
立ち直る means to recover emotionally or mentally, while 立ち上がる in this sense also carries a stronger image of physically or actively getting back on one's feet.
決けっ起き sense 3
決起する is a formal, often political term for rising up in resolve, while 立ち上がる can describe the same action more broadly and less formally.
起き動どうN2sense 5
起動する is the standard technical term for a computer or program starting up, while 立ち上がる is a slightly more colloquial way to describe the same process.

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発ほっ足そくN1sense 6
発足する specifically means an organization or project formally starts operating, while 立ち上がる can describe the same event with a more active, grassroots nuance.
起き立りつN1
立ち上がる describes rising from a seated or crouched position, often with personal initiative, whereas 起立 is a collective, formal act usually done on command.

Opposites

座すわるN5sense 1
座る means to sit down, the direct opposite of 立ち上がる's basic sense of standing up.

Don't confuse with

立たち上のぼるN1
立ち上がる means a person or thing stands up, while 立ち上る is only used for smoke, steam, or mist rising into the air.

Word family

立たち上あがり
start; beginning; initial stage · pitcher's start; early-inning performance
光ひかり立たち上あがり時じ間かん
optical rise time
文も字じ立たち上あがり方ほう向こう
character up vector

Built from

立たつ+上あがる

Written forms

立たち上あがるUsage72%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
立たちあがるUsage25%
search-only kanji form
たちあがるUsage1%
Kana spelling used when kanji is not needed or for clarity.
起たち上あがるUsage1%

Etymology

Compound of 立ち (continuative form of 立つ, 'to stand') + 上がる ('to rise'). The combination emphasizes the action of rising to a standing position, later extended to figurative uses.

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