Illustration: In an apartment courtyard, a helium balloon slips from a child's hand and rises past the second-floor balcony. Its long loose string hangs downward, its end already beyond the child's outstretched fingers. The child stands on tiptoe below while a parent looks up from beside a stroller.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

上じょう昇しょう

joushou

to rise, to climb

Example sentences

  1. 機きは急角度きゅうかくどで上昇じょうしょうし、それから海岸かいがんを離はなれるにつれて水平飛行すいへいひこうに移うつった。

    The plane rose sharply before leveling off as it left the coast.

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  2. 平均気温へいきんきおんが上昇じょうしょうした。

    The average temperature has gone up.

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  3. 物価ぶっかは上昇じょうしょうし続つづけた。

    Prices continued to rise.

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Kanji in 上昇

  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・かみ
  • 昇rise upOnショウKunのぼる

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