上がる

Meanings

1. to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised
2. to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
3. to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade
4. to get out (of water); to come ashore; to be washed ashore
5. to float atop the water; to surface from the sea (e.g. of a corpse); to rise to the surface

Part of speech: godan verb (る), intransitive, transitive, suffix, expression

Kanji

• 上

  Meanings

  above, up

  On reading

  ジョウ、ショウ、シャン

  Kun reading

  うえ、-うえ、うわ-、かみ、あ.げる、-あ.げる

  Strokes

  3

Example sentences

• ２階へ上がると赤城山がよく見える。

  There's a good view of Mt. Akagi from upstairs.

  Tatoeba #236987 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 我々はエレベーターで上がったり降りたりした。

  We went up and down by elevator.

  Tatoeba #186125 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 家にあがる前に靴を脱げば靴の泥を家の中に持ち込まずにすむ。

  If you take your shoes off before coming into the house you won't bring in any dirt from your shoes.

  Tatoeba #187126 · CC BY 2.0 FR