上がる
あがる
hepburn agaru
to go up, to rise
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
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 (the suffix that makes an intransitive); the subject rises on its own. Its paired transitive is 上げる — 値段が上がる is intransitive, 値段を上げる transitive. A textbook pair of the Japanese intransitive / transitive verb sits facing here. 腕が上がる is not the arm rising but skill rising, and fever, popularity, and mood — abstract and concrete climb together on one verb.
Quick check
Figurative meaning of "ude ga agaru"?