VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

上がる

あがる

hepburn agaru

to go up, to rise

Part of speech · godan-verb

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Examples

値段が上がりました。
The price went up.
気温が上がります。
The temperature rises.

Collocations

上がる (agaru, rise / go up)上げる (ageru, raise — transitive)値段が上がる (nedan ga agaru, price rises)腕が上がる (ude ga agaru, skill improves)熱が上がる (netsu ga agaru, fever rises)

Mnemonic

上がる agaru = 上 (up) + garu (intransitive suffix). Intransitive — subject moves up on its own. The pair verb is 上げる ageru (transitive, raise): "nedan ga agaru" (the price rises, intrans) vs "nedan wo ageru" (raise the price, trans). A canonical Japanese intransitive / transitive pair. Rich metaphorical use: ude ga agaru (skill improves, literally "the arm rises"), netsu ga agaru (fever rises), ninki ga agaru (popularity rises), kibun ga agaru (mood lifts, modern). Concrete and abstract share one verb — productive metaphor.

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Figurative meaning of "ude ga agaru"?