上る

のぼる

to ascend

N5 #1,204

Meanings

also 登る · 昇る

  1. godan verb, intransitive to ascend; to go up; to climb
  2. to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise
  3. to go to (the capital)
  4. to add up to
  5. to advance (in price)
  6. to swim up (a river); to sail up
  7. to come up (on the agenda)

あがる also 上がる

  1. godan verb, intransitive 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
  6. occ. as 騰る in ref. to money to increase; to be raised (e.g. of a salary); to rise
  7. to improve; to make progress
  8. to be promoted; to advance
  9. to be made (of profit, etc.)
  10. to occur (esp. of a favourable result)
  11. often as 〜で上がる to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)
  12. to be finished; to be done; to be over
  13. to stop (of rain); to clear up (of weather)
  14. to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die
  15. to win (in a card game, etc.)
  16. to be spoken loudly; to be raised loudly (of a voice)
  17. colloquial, esp. アガる to get nervous; to get stage fright
  18. to be offered (to the gods, etc.)
  19. humble to go; to visit
  20. godan verb, transitive, honorific to eat; to drink
  21. godan verb, intransitive to serve (in one's master's home)
  22. to enter a red light district; to amuse oneself in a red light district; to visit a brothel
  23. to arise vigorously (e.g. of voices in excitement); to become excited; to be in uproar (e.g. of a crowd)
  24. suffix, godan verb, after the -masu stem of a verb to be complete; to finish
  25. after the -masu stem of a verb adds the connotation of an action happening strongly or violently
  26. expression, as ~上ル; in the Kyoto address system above; north of

Its kanji

In sentences

月つきは東ひがしから上のぼる。 The moon rises in the east. #175628

彼かれは簡単かんたんに木きにのぼる。 He gets up the tree without difficulty. #108745

あなたは、上のぼれませんよ。 You cannot climb! #232915

損害そんがいは500万まん円えんに上のぼった。 The damage amounted to five million yen. #139436

損失そんしつは200万まん円えんにのぼった。 The loss amounted to $2,000,000. #139261

口くちあれば京みやこへ上のぼる。 If you are up for it, let's go! #1821375

技師ぎしが電柱でんちゅうを上のぼった。 The engineer climbed the telephone pole. #182934

船ふねはテムズ川かわを上のぼった。 The ship sailed up the Thames. #141149