Illustration: A residential lane climbs sharply from the foreground toward houses set progressively higher on the hillside. At its foot, a cyclist has dismounted and stands with both hands on the handlebars, looking up the long ascending stretch with a rueful smile.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

上あがり

agari

rise, ascent

Example sentences

  1. 道みちはなだらかな上あがりになっていた。

    The road climbed gradually.

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  2. あれもこれも値上ねあがりでやんなっちゃう。

    Everything keeps going up in price. I’m sick of it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. 今週こんしゅうになって野菜やさいが急きゅうに値上ねあがりした。

    Vegetable prices have suddenly gone up this week.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 上

  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・あげる

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