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高まる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	高たかまる	高たかまらない
Polite	高たかまります	高たかまりません
Past polite	高たかまりました	高たかまりませんでした
Past	高たかまった	高たかまらなかった
Te-form	高たかまって	高たかまらないで
Desire	高たかまりたい	高たかまりたくない
Potential	高たかまれる	高たかまれない
Passive	高たかまられる	高たかまられない
Causative	高たかまらせる	高たかまらせない
Causative passive	高たかまらせられるalso 高たかまらされる	高たかまらせられないalso 高たかまらされない
Volitional	高たかまろう
Polite volitional	高たかまりましょう
Imperative	高たかまれ	高たかまるな
Conditional	高たかまれば	高たかまらなければ
Tara conditional	高たかまったら	高たかまらなかったら

Pairs with高める

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

rise; increase; swell; be heightened

Intransitive verb for abstract or emotional increase: feelings, tension, expectations, awareness, or quality levels rise or intensify. Not used for physical climbing or numerical data alone.

試し合あい前まえ、観かん客きゃくの期き待たいが高たかまった。
Before the match, the audience's expectations rose.
環かん境きょう問もん題だいへの関かん心しんが高たかまっている。
Interest in environmental issues is increasing.
音おん楽がくが流ながれると、会かい場じょうの雰ふん囲い気きが一いっ気きに高たかまった。
When the music started, the atmosphere in the venue swelled all at once.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉への期き待たいが高たかまるexpectations for something rise
新しん作さく映えい画がへの期き待たいが高たかまっている。
Expectations for the new movie are rising.
緊きん張ちょうが高たかまるtension rises
国こっ境きょう付ふ近きんで緊きん張ちょうが高たかまっている。
Tension is rising near the border.
意い識しきが高たかまるawareness of something grows
環かん境きょう問もん題だいへの意い識しきが高たかまってきた。
Awareness of environmental issues has been growing.
士し気きが高たかまるmorale rises
監かん督とくの一ひと言ことでチームの士し気きが高たかまった。
The team's morale rose thanks to the coach's words.

Expressions

気き分ぶんが高たかまるfeel uplifted; get into a better mood; feel more like doing something
機き運うんが高たかまるgather momentum; build up steam; reach a peak
関かん心しんが高たかまるinterest grows; take a growing interest in

Kanji

高tall, high, expensive

Transitive / intransitive

高たかめるN2
高める is the transitive counterpart meaning to raise or heighten something, while 高まる is intransitive, describing something rising by itself.

Related words· 8

上あがるN5
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.
強つよまるN2
強まる focuses on increasing strength or intensity (wind, effect, feeling getting stronger), while 高まる emphasizes something reaching a higher level or degree, often abstract like expectations or tension.
募つのるN1
高まる describes emotions or expectations rising, similar to 募る, but 募る carries a stronger sense of mounting pressure or unease.
深ふかまるN2
深まる suggests a growing depth or richness, while 高まる suggests a rising level or degree, such as expectations or tension.

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増ますN3
高まる emphasizes an intangible quality such as a feeling or awareness rising, whereas 増す covers a broader range of increase including quantity, degree, and intensity.
込こみ上あげるN1
高まる describes feelings gradually intensifying or building up, while 込み上げる describes a sudden, involuntary surge of emotion.
沸わき起おこるN1
高まる describes a gradual rise in intensity (tension, expectation), while 沸き起こる implies a sudden, spontaneous eruption of feeling or sound.
湧わき上あがるN1
高まる describes feelings or tension gradually building up, while 湧き上がる suggests emotion bursting up spontaneously and suddenly.

Opposites

弱よわまるN2
弱まる means to weaken or lessen, the opposite of 高まる, which means to rise or intensify.

Word family

高たかまり
rise; increase; surge; heightening

Written forms

高たかまるUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word in news and everyday contexts.
たかまるUsage1%

Etymology

Derived from the adjective 高い (high) with the intransitive verb-forming suffix まる, which indicates becoming or changing into a state.

Related words· 8

上あがるN5

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.

強つよまるN2

強まる focuses on increasing strength or intensity (wind, effect, feeling getting stronger), while 高まる emphasizes something reaching a higher level or degree, often abstract like expectations or tension.

募つのるN1

高まる describes emotions or expectations rising, similar to 募る, but 募る carries a stronger sense of mounting pressure or unease.

深ふかまるN2

深まる suggests a growing depth or richness, while 高まる suggests a rising level or degree, such as expectations or tension.

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増ますN3
高まる emphasizes an intangible quality such as a feeling or awareness rising, whereas 増す covers a broader range of increase including quantity, degree, and intensity.
込こみ上あげるN1
高まる describes feelings gradually intensifying or building up, while 込み上げる describes a sudden, involuntary surge of emotion.
沸わき起おこるN1
高まる describes a gradual rise in intensity (tension, expectation), while 沸き起こる implies a sudden, spontaneous eruption of feeling or sound.
湧わき上あがるN1
高まる describes feelings or tension gradually building up, while 湧き上がる suggests emotion bursting up spontaneously and suddenly.