上がる

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
あ(がる)
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
驤がる

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「上がる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
上がる がる
Imperative (命令形) 上がれ がれ
Key constructions
Passive 上がられる がられる
Causative 上がらせる がらせる
Potential 上がれる がれる
Volitional 上がろう がろ
Negative 上がらない がらない
Negative perfective 上がらなかった がらなかった
Formal 上がります がりま
Perfective 上がった がった
Conjunctive 上がって がって
Hypothetical conditional 上がれば がれ

Verb

()がる (agaruintransitive godan (stem ()がり (agari), past ()がった (agatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 上げる
mediopassive 上がる
  1. rise, ascend, go up
    レベル()がりました
    Reberu ga agarimashita.
    You have gone up a level.
    (かい)(だん)()がる
    Kaidan o agaru.
    I'll go up the stairs.
    (ふう)(せん)()がった
    Fūsen ga agatta.
    The balloon went up.
  2. go in, enter (a house)
  3. get out (of a pool, etc.)
    風呂(ふろ)から()がる
    o-furo kara agaru
    to exit the bath
    仕事(しごと)()がる
    shigoto o agaru
    to get off work
  4. visit, call (on someone)
  5. be promoted, go up (in social standing)
    ()(ねん)()がる
    Ni-nen ni agaru.
    To move up to the second grade.
  6. let up, come to an end
    (あめ)()がった
    Ame ga agatta.
    The rain let up.
  7. flare up (as in fire)

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References

  1. ^ 上・揚・挙・騰”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN