Illustration: In a pottery classroom, a learner shapes a balanced bowl on a wheel while the instructor watches with an approving smile. Along the learner's workbench, earlier practice pieces progress from a collapsed lump to a crooked bowl and then to a reasonably even one.

JLPT N3suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

上じょう達たつ

joutatsu

to improve at a skill

Example sentences

君きみの英語えいごは上達じょうたつしている。
Your English is improving.
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彼かれは外国語がいこくごの上達じょうたつが早はやい。
He is quick at learning a foreign language.
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彼かれの英語えいごは著いちじるしく上達じょうたつした。
He made remarkable progress in English.
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Kanji in 上達

上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・かみ
達reach; attainOnタツ・ダ

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