Vocabulary

What does 上がる (あがる, agaru) mean?

上がる (あがる, agaru) means to go up, to rise; to enter (a house).

Quick facts
Readingあがる
Romajiagaru
Part of speechgodan verb, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N4
あがる
N4 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonagaru

to go up, to rise; to enter (a house)

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

Example sentences

  • Please, come on in.

  • Vegetable prices have risen this year.

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