Vocabulary
What does 上り (のぼり, nobori) mean?
上り (のぼり, nobori) means going up, ascending; inbound (train heading to the city center).
Quick facts| Reading | のぼり |
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| Romaji | nobori |
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| Part of speech | noun |
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| Level (estimated, JLPT framework) | N2 |
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N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonnobori
going up, ascending; inbound (train heading to the city center)
- 1noun ascent; climbing; ascending (path)
- 2noun up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route
- 3no-adjective · noun upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
- 4noun · noun prefix upstream; uphill
Example sentences
この道は急な上りが続く。
This road keeps climbing steeply.
上りの電車は十分後に来ます。
The inbound train will arrive in ten minutes.
