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あがる
agaru
Description
「あがる」は、下から上へ動くことや、高くなることを表す言葉です。
"あがる" is a word that expresses moving from lower to higher or becoming higher.
ねだんや温度があがるときにも使いますし、家に「あがる」のように中へ入る意味でも使います。
It is used when prices or temperatures rise, and also means to enter a house, as in "あがる".
Meanings
上がるagaru
to go up; to rise
エレベーターで五階まで上がる。
Take the elevator up to the fifth floor.
上がるagaru
to increase; to become higher (price, temperature)
今年は物価が上がった。
Prices have gone up this year.
上がるagaru
to enter a house; to step up inside
どうぞ家に上がってください。
Please come in to the house.
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Notes
- Nuance
上がる is intransitive (something rises on its own); 上げる is the transitive counterpart (to raise something).
- Etymology
上 (ue, up) + がる, expressing upward or increasing motion.
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